On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:52:21PM -0700, Richard Cook wrote: > There seem to be 4? typo's in the `open FILEHANDLE' section of `perlfunc.pod': > > # If MODE is < '<' > or nothing, the file is opened for input. > # If MODE is < '' >>, the file is truncated and opened for > ^^^^^^^ > # output, being created if necessary. If MODE is << '>' >>>, > ^^^^^^^^^^ > # the file is opened for appending, again being created if > # necessary. You can put a '+' in front of the < '' >> or > ^^^^^^^ > # < '<' > to indicate that you want both read and write access > # to the file; thus < '+<' > is almost always preferred for read/ > # write updates--the < '+' >> mode would clobber the file > ^^^^^^^^
This is a failure of your POD reader to properly parse the new syntax for the C<> tag, which allows the use of multiple enclosing angle brackets, e.g.: C<< '<' >> C<< '>' >> C<< '+<' >> Make sure you have the latest version of your POD reader. If so, report this as a bug in your POD reader rather than in the documentation. Ronald
