From: Abigail Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 05:55:21 +0000 (-0700) Subject: ref can return false on references X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8a2e08044eac72c17425ec10bbb958834013a72b;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git ref can return false on references Message-ID: <20031006125521.GA26446@ucan.foad.org> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@21409 --- diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 80e7f1e..f2e2b97 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -3987,7 +3987,8 @@ C work. =item ref -Returns a true value if EXPR is a reference, false otherwise. If EXPR +Returns a non-empty string if EXPR is a reference, the empty +string otherwise. If EXPR is not specified, C<$_> will be used. The value returned depends on the type of thing the reference is a reference to. Builtin types include: