Tidy up 64-bit situation in perldelta.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4110

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 69beac3..2561cde 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -150,15 +150,17 @@ use "quads" (64-integers) as follows:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item constants in the code 
+=item constants (decimal, hexadecimal, octal, binary) in the code 
 
 =item arguments to oct() and hex()
 
-=item arguments to print(), printf() and sprintf()
+=item arguments to print(), printf() and sprintf() (flag prefixes ll, L, q)
 
-=item pack() and unpack() "q" format
+=item printed as such
 
-=item in basic arithmetics
+=item pack() and unpack() "q" and "Q" formatS
+
+=item in basic arithmetics: + - * / %
 
 =item vec() (but see the below note about bit arithmetics)
     
@@ -167,7 +169,8 @@ use "quads" (64-integers) as follows:
 Note that unless you have the case (a) you will have to configure
 and compile Perl using the -Duse64bits Configure flag.
 
-Unfortunately bit arithmetics (&, |, ^, ~, <<, >>) are not 64-bit clean.
+Unfortunately bit arithmetics (&, |, ^, ~, <<, >>) are not 64-bit clean,
+they are explictly forced to be 32-bit.
 
 Last but not least: note that due to Perl's habit of always using
 floating point numbers the quads are still not true integers.