Don't document ill-defined vec() bits cases

(for which the code doesn't work right in any case)

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4005

diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index fe1c2b0..49e654a 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -1521,8 +1521,8 @@ before the illegal character.
 
 =item Illegal number of bits in vec
 
-(F) The number of bits in vec() (the third argument) must be from 1 to 8
-(inclusive), or 16, or 32.
+(F) The number of bits in vec() (the third argument) must be a power of
+two from 1 to 32.
  
 =item Illegal switch in PERL5OPT: %s
 

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index f4e3709..0e4b7c7 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -4990,7 +4990,7 @@ See also C<keys>, C<each>, and C<sort>.
 Treats the string in EXPR as a vector of unsigned integers, and
 returns the value of the bit field specified by OFFSET.  BITS
 specifies the number of bits that are reserved for each entry in the
-bit vector.  This must be between 1 and 8 (inclusive), or 16, or 32.
+bit vector.  This must be a power of two from 1 to 32.
 C<vec> may also be assigned to, in which case parentheses are needed
 to give the expression the correct precedence as in