I have the POD reader "Shuck" 1.6.2 (the one included with MacPerl 5.6.1r1). This is the latest, no? Who gets the Shuck bug reports?
Ronald J Kimball wrote: > > 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