Win32 and VC++ 98 doesn't support CASTI

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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 4d25fef..d409319 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ X<-S>X<-b>X<-c>X<-t>X<-u>X<-g>X<-k>X<-T>X<-B>X<-M>X<-A>X<-C>
     -g File has setgid bit set.
     -k File has sticky bit set.
 
-    -T File is a text file.
-    -B File is a binary file (opposite of -T).
+    -T File is an ASCII text file.
+    -B File is a "binary" file (opposite of -T).
 
     -M Age of file in days when script started.
     -A Same for access time.

diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index f70311b..106b9a9 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -365,12 +365,14 @@ Use "or" for assignment is unlikely to do what you want; see below.
 
 Binary ".." is the range operator, which is really two different
 operators depending on the context.  In list context, it returns an
-array of values counting (by ones) from the left value to the right
-value.  This is useful for writing C<foreach (1..10)> loops and for
-doing slice operations on arrays.  In the current implementation, no
-temporary array is created when the range operator is used as the
-expression in C<foreach> loops, but older versions of Perl might burn
-a lot of memory when you write something like this:
+array of values counting (up by ones) from the left value to the right
+value.  If the left value is greater than the right value then it
+returns the empty array.  The range operator is useful for writing
+C<foreach (1..10)> loops and for doing slice operations on arrays.  In
+the current implementation, no temporary array is created when the
+range operator is used as the expression in C<foreach> loops, but older
+versions of Perl might burn a lot of memory when you write something
+like this:
 
     for (1 .. 1_000_000) {
        # code

diff --git a/win32/config.vc b/win32/config.vc
index cf4799b..ea86e5f 100644 (file)
--- a/win32/config.vc
+++ b/win32/config.vc
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ d_bsd='define'
 d_bsdgetpgrp='undef'
 d_bsdsetpgrp='undef'
 d_bzero='undef'
-d_casti32='define'
+d_casti32='undef'
 d_castneg='define'
 d_charvspr='undef'
 d_chown='undef'

diff --git a/win32/config_H.vc b/win32/config_H.vc
index aab6935..432e95d 100644 (file)
--- a/win32/config_H.vc
+++ b/win32/config_H.vc
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@
  *     This symbol is defined if the C compiler can cast negative
  *     or large floating point numbers to 32-bit ints.
  */
-#define        CASTI32         /**/
+/*#define      CASTI32         /**/
 
 /* CASTNEGFLOAT:
  *     This symbol is defined if the C compiler can cast negative