From: Jon Gunnip Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 18:24:29 +0000 (-0400) Subject: $@ Clarification in pod/perlvar.pod X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4a280ebedb23042ec7ac637d8bfb46817322de6c;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git $@ Clarification in pod/perlvar.pod Message-ID: p4raw-id: //depot/perl@10687 --- diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index b72f357..eae87c7 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -611,10 +611,10 @@ Also see L. =item $@ -The Perl syntax error message from the last eval() operator. If null, the -last eval() parsed and executed correctly (although the operations you -invoked may have failed in the normal fashion). (Mnemonic: Where was -the syntax error "at"?) +The Perl syntax error message from the last eval() operator. +If $@ is the null string, the last eval() parsed and executed +correctly (although the operations you invoked may have failed in the +normal fashion). (Mnemonic: Where was the syntax error "at"?) Warning messages are not collected in this variable. You can, however, set up a routine to process warnings by setting C<$SIG{__WARN__}>