X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlfunc.pod;h=c1efce7b8506a454bfafa29e0e406894b8e1ca53;hb=8939ba947b65b018b80ecab3fe1366287d07d1d7;hp=3d6f30192eb9a3b289c188c80a40b46d88cee869;hpb=67408caed70eed949797d2c8d6a752d0b53c070b;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 3d6f301..c1efce7 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -2469,14 +2469,13 @@ and the month of the year, may not necessarily be three characters wide. =item lock THING -This function places an advisory lock on a variable, subroutine, -or referenced object contained in I until the lock goes out -of scope. +This function places an advisory lock on a shared variable, or referenced +object contained in I until the lock goes out of scope. lock() is a "weak keyword" : this means that if you've defined a function by this name (before any calls to it), that function will be called -instead. (However, if you've said C, lock() is always a -keyword.) See L. +instead. (However, if you've said C, lock() is always a +keyword.) See L. =item log EXPR @@ -2788,7 +2787,7 @@ If you're running Perl on a system that distinguishes between text files and binary files, then you should check out L for tips for dealing with this. The key distinction between systems that need C and those that don't is their text file formats. Systems -like Unix, MacOS, and Plan9, which delimit lines with a single +like Unix, Mac OS, and Plan 9, which delimit lines with a single character, and which encode that character in C as C<"\n">, do not need C. The rest need it. @@ -5614,7 +5613,7 @@ package. =item time Returns the number of non-leap seconds since whatever time the system -considers to be the epoch (that's 00:00:00, January 1, 1904 for MacOS, +considers to be the epoch (that's 00:00:00, January 1, 1904 for Mac OS, and 00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970 for most other systems). Suitable for feeding to C and C.