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| author | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 2000-01-26 19:10:26 +0000 |
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| committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 2000-01-26 19:10:26 +0000 |
| commit | 7d30b5c4c60a798b772f5d7bd3b85d21016359c7 (patch) | |
| tree | ee12691ce71882115a98a9546a7a6b953d0d055a /pod/perlmod.pod | |
| parent | dfdd1393a5b8826d427524003a858b7556c66371 (diff) | |
| download | perl-7d30b5c4c60a798b772f5d7bd3b85d21016359c7.tar.gz | |
s/STOP/CHECK/ blocks
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diff --git a/pod/perlmod.pod b/pod/perlmod.pod index 351ba73c5a..994c3eb5dc 100644 --- a/pod/perlmod.pod +++ b/pod/perlmod.pod @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ This also has implications for the use of the SUPER:: qualifier =head2 Package Constructors and Destructors Four special subroutines act as package constructors and destructors. -These are the C<BEGIN>, C<STOP>, C<INIT>, and C<END> routines. The +These are the C<BEGIN>, C<CHECK>, C<INIT>, and C<END> routines. The C<sub> is optional for these routines. A C<BEGIN> subroutine is executed as soon as possible, that is, the moment @@ -245,9 +245,9 @@ Perl runtime begins execution, in "first in, first out" (FIFO) order. For example, the code generators documented in L<perlcc> make use of C<INIT> blocks to initialize and resolve pointers to XSUBs. -Similar to C<END> blocks, C<STOP> blocks are run just after the +Similar to C<END> blocks, C<CHECK> blocks are run just after the Perl compile phase ends and before the run time begins, in -LIFO order. C<STOP> blocks are again useful in the Perl compiler +LIFO order. C<CHECK> blocks are again useful in the Perl compiler suite to save the compiled state of the program. When you use the B<-n> and B<-p> switches to Perl, C<BEGIN> and |