X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlboot.pod;h=cf8e51843ae2c6be8d3656a227209fc76d7d7bf7;hb=18fd877aa5c85a3f8bdc7cb30b117cf8f0fe97a6;hp=6cc59245f21c42e5f2c3cee0e5273d150562d4d4;hpb=9014bf7fb40f4d1f965fea9b38407a965a887e3d;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git

diff --git a/pod/perlboot.pod b/pod/perlboot.pod
index 6cc5924..cf8e518 100644
--- a/pod/perlboot.pod
+++ b/pod/perlboot.pod
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ reference (and thus an instance).  It then constructs an argument
 list, as per usual.
 
 Now for the fun part: Perl takes the class in which the instance was
-blessed, in this case C<Horse>, and uses that calss to locate the
+blessed, in this case C<Horse>, and uses that class to locate the
 subroutine. In this case, C<Horse::sound> is found directly (without
 using inheritance). In the end, it is as though our initial line were
 written as follows:
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ the name:
 
 Inside C<Horse::name>, the C<@_> array contains:
 
-    (C<$horse>, "some", "unnecessary", "args")
+    ($horse, "some", "unnecessary", "args")
 
 so the C<shift> stores C<$horse> into C<$self>. Then, C<$self> gets
 de-referenced with C<$$self> as normal, yielding C<"Mr. Ed">.
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ Now with the new C<named> method, we can build a horse as follows:
 
 Notice we're back to a class method, so the two arguments to
 C<Horse::named> are C<Horse> and C<Mr. Ed>.  The C<bless> operator
-not only blesses C<$name>, it also returns that reference.
+not only blesses C<\$name>, it also returns that reference.
 
 This C<Horse::named> method is called a "constructor".
 
@@ -749,8 +749,8 @@ C<Animal> might still mess up, and we'd have to override all of those
 too. Therefore, it's never a good idea to define the data layout in a
 way that's different from the data layout of the base classes. In fact,
 it's a good idea to use blessed hash references in all cases. Also, this
-is also why it's important to have constructors do the low-level work.
-So, let's redefine C<Animal>:
+is why it's important to have constructors do the low-level work. So,
+let's redefine C<Animal>:
 
   ## in Animal
   sub name {