Author: audreyt
Date: Wed Jul 19 20:02:34 2006
New Revision: 10314
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
Log:
* S02: Typo fixes from Agent Zhang and TimToady++.
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Wed Jul 19 20:02:34 2006
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
respectively on the array. The same methods apply to strings as well.
There is no C<.length> method for either arrays or strings, because C<length>
-does not specify an unit.
+does not specify a unit.
=item *
@@ -743,8 +743,8 @@
$args = \3; # same as "$args = \(3)"
$$args; # same as "$args as Scalar" or "Scalar($args)"
- @$args; # same as '$args as Array" or "Array($args)"
- %$args; # same as '$args as Hash" or "Hash($args)"
+ @$args; # same as "$args as Array" or "Array($args)"
+ %$args; # same as "$args as Hash" or "Hash($args)"
When cast into an array, you can access all the positional arguments; into a
hash, all named arguments; into a scalar, its invocant.
@@ -789,7 +789,8 @@
Whitespace is not allowed before the parens, but there is a
corresponding C<.()> operator, plus the "long dot" forms that allow
-you to insert optional whitespace and comments between dots:
+you to insert optional whitespace and comments between the backslash
+and the dot:
&foo\ .($arg1, $arg2);
&foo\#[
@@ -1064,7 +1065,7 @@
not see any lexical variables or their values, unless you copy those
values into C<%*ENV> to change what subprocesses see:
- temp %*ENV{LANG} = $+LANG; # may be modifed by parent
+ temp %*ENV{LANG} = $+LANG; # may be modified by parent
system "greet";
=item *
