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commit 3eab78e37a32aa79c954c0d957e1e37964cc9cc4
Author: Casey West <ca...@geeknest.com>
Date: Tue Sep 28 20:11:30 2010 -0700
[perl #22193] Clarify references to âuse integerâ in perlop
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Summary of changes:
pod/perlop.pod | 14 +++++++-------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index d5ca942..c99f672 100644
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -2635,17 +2635,17 @@ floating point. But by saying
use integer;
-you may tell the compiler that it's okay to use integer operations
-(if it feels like it) from here to the end of the enclosing BLOCK.
-An inner BLOCK may countermand this by saying
+you may tell the compiler to use integer operations
+(see L<integer> for a detailed explanation) from here to the end of
+the enclosing BLOCK. An inner BLOCK may countermand this by saying
no integer;
which lasts until the end of that BLOCK. Note that this doesn't
-mean everything is only an integer, merely that Perl may use integer
-operations if it is so inclined. For example, even under C<use
-integer>, if you take the C<sqrt(2)>, you'll still get C<1.4142135623731>
-or so.
+mean everything is an integer, merely that Perl will use integer
+operations for arithmetic, comparison, and bitwise operators. For
+example, even under C<use integer>, if you take the C<sqrt(2)>, you'll
+still get C<1.4142135623731> or so.
Used on numbers, the bitwise operators ("&", "|", "^", "~", "<<",
and ">>") always produce integral results. (But see also
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