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authorDavid Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com>2015-05-16 21:22:55 +0100
committerDavid Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com>2015-05-16 21:24:25 +0100
commitf5b97b222b5db28b30072fed731017118e74c46d (patch)
treedbe2998f13854c6280314fc8be1f8ec7958b20cb
parentd140c31c14a293eb1c6aa8aa84e624b656e09212 (diff)
downloadperl-f5b97b222b5db28b30072fed731017118e74c46d.tar.gz
a few perldelta nits
-rw-r--r--pod/perldelta.pod13
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 2c573179e6..a1c332d014 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ Note that C<SvSetSV> doesn't do set magic.
=item *
-C<sv_usepvn_flags> - Fix documentation to mention the use of C<NewX> instead of
+C<sv_usepvn_flags> - fix documentation to mention the use of C<NewX> instead of
C<malloc>.
L<[perl #121869]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121869>
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ See L<charnames/CUSTOM ALIASES>.
L<:const is not permitted on named subroutines|perldiag/":const is not permitted on named subroutines">
(F) The "const" attribute causes an anonymous subroutine to be run and
-its value captured at the time that it is cloned. Names subroutines are
+its value captured at the time that it is cloned. Named subroutines are
not cloned like this, so the attribute does not make sense on them.
=item *
@@ -1383,10 +1383,11 @@ the same group of 10 consecutive digits.
L<Redundant argument in %s|perldiag/Redundant argument in %s>
-(W redundant) You called a function with more arguments than other
-arguments you supplied indicated would be needed. Currently only
-emitted when a printf-type format required fewer arguments than were
-supplied, but might be used in the future for e.g. L<perlfunc/pack>.
+(W redundant) You called a function with more arguments than were
+needed, as indicated by information within other arguments you supplied
+(e.g. a printf format). Currently only emitted when a printf-type format
+required fewer arguments than were supplied, but might be used in the
+future for e.g. L<perlfunc/pack>.
The warnings category C<< redundant >> is new. See also
L<[perl #121025]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121025>.