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

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