X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlfaq7.pod;h=008f433124daeaee4d2da991a2a07c8cafd7ef05;hb=14aaa8fc27b8350048cdee657c0128eb979d0b2a;hp=77886ab51623143ea741e1563abd28f7bb0b2112;hpb=0bc0ad857ef0ded50c72fba42503c958a1579a5a;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlfaq7.pod b/pod/perlfaq7.pod index 77886ab..008f433 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq7.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq7.pod @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ =head1 NAME -perlfaq7 - Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:26 $) +perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2002/03/26 15:48:32 $) =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -741,7 +741,8 @@ not necessarily the same as the one in which you were compiled): =head2 How can I comment out a large block of perl code? -Use embedded POD to discard it: +You can use embedded POD to discard it. The =for directive +lasts until the next paragraph (two consecutive newlines). # program is here @@ -750,6 +751,9 @@ Use embedded POD to discard it: # program continues +The =begin and =end directives can contain multiple +paragraphs. + =begin comment text all of this stuff @@ -759,11 +763,12 @@ Use embedded POD to discard it: =end comment text - =cut +The pod directives cannot go just anywhere. You must put a +pod directive where the parser is expecting a new statement, +not just in the middle of an expression or some other +arbitrary s grammar production. -This can't go just anywhere. You have to put a pod directive where -the parser is expecting a new statement, not just in the middle -of an expression or some other arbitrary yacc grammar production. +See L for more details. =head2 How do I clear a package?