From: Mark-Jason Dominus <mjd@plover.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 02:43:42 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: {PATCH docs] sockatmark
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{PATCH docs] sockatmark
   Message-Id: <20020422064342.24646.qmail@plover.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@16079
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diff --git a/ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm b/ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm
index 2b4c9d7..a37454b 100644
--- a/ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm
+++ b/ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm
@@ -416,7 +416,8 @@ The atmark() functionality is also exportable as sockatmark() function:
 	use IO::Socket 'sockatmark';
 
 This allows for a more traditional use of sockatmark() as a procedural
-socket function.
+socket function.  If your system does not support sockatmark(), the
+C<use> declaration will fail at compile time.
 
 =item connected
 
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 705c4a6..850c887 100644
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ C<untie>, C<use>
 
 C<accept>, C<bind>, C<connect>, C<getpeername>, C<getsockname>,
 C<getsockopt>, C<listen>, C<recv>, C<send>, C<setsockopt>, C<shutdown>,
-C<sockatmark>, C<socket>, C<socketpair>
+C<socket>, C<socketpair>
 
 =item System V interprocess communication functions
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ C<msgsnd>, C<open>, C<pipe>, C<readlink>, C<rename>, C<select>, C<semctl>,
 C<semget>, C<semop>, C<setgrent>, C<sethostent>, C<setnetent>,
 C<setpgrp>, C<setpriority>, C<setprotoent>, C<setpwent>,
 C<setservent>, C<setsockopt>, C<shmctl>, C<shmget>, C<shmread>,
-C<shmwrite>, C<sockatmark>, C<socket>, C<socketpair>,
+C<shmwrite>, C<socket>, C<socketpair>,
 C<stat>, C<symlink>, C<syscall>, C<sysopen>, C<system>,
 C<times>, C<truncate>, C<umask>, C<unlink>,
 C<utime>, C<wait>, C<waitpid>
@@ -4430,26 +4430,6 @@ help.
 
 See also the POSIX module's C<pause> function.
 
-=item sockatmark SOCKET
-
-Returns true if the socket is positioned at the out-of-band mark
-(also known as the urgent data mark), false otherwise.  Use right
-after reading from the socket.
-
-Not available directly, one has to import the function from
-the IO::Socket extension
-
-    use IO::Socket 'sockatmark';
-
-Even this doesn't guarantee that sockatmark() really is available,
-though, because sockatmark() is a relatively recent addition to
-the family of socket functions.  If it is unavailable, attempt to
-use it will fail
-
-	IO::Socket::atmark not implemented on this architecture ...
-
-See also L<IO::Socket>.
-
 =item socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL
 
 Opens a socket of the specified kind and attaches it to filehandle