Author: larry
Date: Sat Sep 16 21:54:12 2006
New Revision: 12149
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod
Log:
clarification of -s from TreyHarris++
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod Sat Sep 16 21:54:12 2006
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
Date: 8 Mar 2004
Last Modified: 16 Sep 2006
Number: 3
- Version: 65
+ Version: 66
=head1 Changes to Perl 5 operators
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@
"stitching" the two ends of its arguments together. String append
is likewise C<~=>.
-=item * The filetest operators now return a result that is both a boolean
-and a stat buffer, so there is no longer any need for Perl 5's C<_> term.
-Instead just cascade tests to "and" them:
+=item * The filetest operators now return a result that is both a
+boolean (or in the case of C<-s>, a number) and a stat buffer, so
+there is no longer any need for Perl 5's C<_> term. Instead just
+cascade tests to "and" them:
if -r -w -x $filename {...}
