Author: larry
Date: Sat May 13 09:15:35 2006
New Revision: 9238
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod
Log:
:ratchet behavior was unclearly written, from scw++
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod Sat May 13 09:15:35 2006
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
Maintainer: Patrick Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and
Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 24 Jun 2002
- Last Modified: 11 May 2006
+ Last Modified: 13 May 2006
Number: 5
Version: 24
@@ -1172,11 +1172,12 @@
/
(i.e. there's no point trying to match a different keyword if one was
-already found but failed). Note that you can still back into such an
-alternation, so you may also need to put C<:> after it if you also
-want to disable that. If a an explicit or implicit C<:ratchet> has
-disabled backtracking, you need to put C<:+> after the alternation
-to enable backing into another alternative if the first pick fails.
+already found but failed). Note that you can still back into such
+an alternation, so you may also need to put C<:> after it if you
+also want to disable that. If an explicit or implicit C<:ratchet>
+has disabled backtracking by supplying an implicit C<:>, you need to
+put an explicit C<:+> after the alternation to enable backing into
+another alternative if the first pick fails.
=item *
