Regarding precedence, filetest operators are the same than

unary operators, but not regarding parsing and parentheses
(see toke.c). Spotted by Eirik Berg Hanssen.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@31189

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index d7d9044..1755bce 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -296,8 +296,7 @@ and tests the associated file to see if something is true about it.  If the
 argument is omitted, tests C<$_>, except for C<-t>, which tests STDIN.
 Unless otherwise documented, it returns C<1> for true and C<''> for false, or
 the undefined value if the file doesn't exist.  Despite the funny
-names, precedence is the same as any other named unary operator, and
-the argument may be parenthesized like any other unary operator.  The
+names, precedence is the same as any other named unary operator.  The
 operator may be any of:
 
     -r File is readable by effective uid/gid.