Clarify the definition of the 'w' pack format, as suggested by

Alexey Toptygin.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@24368

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index dcb1371..79ebdf9 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -3358,10 +3358,10 @@ of values, as follows:
     U  A Unicode character number.  Encodes to UTF-8 internally
        (or UTF-EBCDIC in EBCDIC platforms).
 
-    w  A BER compressed integer.  Its bytes represent an unsigned
-       integer in base 128, most significant digit first, with as
-        few digits as possible.  Bit eight (the high bit) is set
-        on each byte except the last.
+    w  A BER compressed integer (not an ASN.1 BER, see perlpacktut for
+       details).  Its bytes represent an unsigned integer in base 128,
+       most significant digit first, with as few digits as possible.  Bit
+       eight (the high bit) is set on each byte except the last.
 
     x  A null byte.
     X  Back up a byte.