perldiag.pod patching re: integer overflow

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diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index f8cd5df..44b83ed 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -1978,18 +1978,18 @@ operations.
 
 =item Integer overflow in division
 
-(F) In the scope of the C<use integer;> pragma division would have overflowed.
-This will happen if attempt to divide the largest negative integer by -1,
-as on a twos complement system the result cannot be represented as a signed
-integer. This division is trapped as a Perl level exception because on some
+(F) In the scope of the C<use integer;> pragma, division would have overflowed.
+This will happen if you attempt to divide the largest negative integer by -1,
+since the result cannot be represented as a signed integer on a two's complement
+system.  This division is trapped as a Perl-level exception because on some
 architectures the integer divide operation will trigger a CPU exception
 causing program exit, rather than merely returning a mathematically wrong
 answer.
 
 =item Integer overflow in format string for %s
 
-(F) The indexes and widths specified in the format string of printf()
-or sprintf() are too large.  The numbers must not overflow the size of
+(F) The indexes and widths specified in the format string of C<printf()>
+or C<sprintf()> are too large.  The numbers must not overflow the size of
 integers for your architecture.
 
 =item Integer overflow in version

diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index d9dc77f..1dc62f4 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -2265,7 +2265,7 @@ L<Bitwise String Operators>.)  However, C<use integer> still has meaning for
 them.  By default, their results are interpreted as unsigned integers, but
 if C<use integer> is in effect, their results are interpreted
 as signed integers.  For example, C<~0> usually evaluates to a large
-integral value.  However, C<use integer; ~0> is C<-1> on twos-complement
+integral value.  However, C<use integer; ~0> is C<-1> on two's-complement
 machines.
 
 =head2 Floating-point Arithmetic