The byte-order modifiers won't go into 5.8.

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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index f23c8a2..8708313 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -3587,7 +3587,7 @@ and C<'87654321'> are big-endian.
 
 If you want portable packed integers you can either use the formats
 C<n>, C<N>, C<v>, and C<V>, or you can use the C<E<gt>> and C<E<lt>>
-modifiers.  These modifiers are only available as of perl 5.8.5.
+modifiers.  These modifiers are only available as of perl 5.9.2.
 See also L<perlport>.
 
 =item *

diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod
index 8b8062c..e7fcde7 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlport.pod
+++ b/pod/perlport.pod
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ them in big-endian mode.  To avoid this problem in network (socket)
 connections use the C<pack> and C<unpack> formats C<n> and C<N>, the
 "network" orders.  These are guaranteed to be portable.
 
-As of perl 5.8.5, you can also use the C<E<gt>> and C<E<lt>> modifiers
+As of perl 5.9.2, you can also use the C<E<gt>> and C<E<lt>> modifiers
 to force big- or little-endian byte-order.  This is useful if you want
 to store signed integers or 64-bit integers, for example.