Changeset 12999 for docs/Perl6/Perl5

Timestamp:

09/03/06 23:30:12 (2 years ago)

Author:

wolverian

Message:

Add C<foo> to a few places, fix typos and other small nits.

Files:

• docs/Perl6/Perl5/Differences.pod (modified) (10 diffs)

docs/Perl6/Perl5/Differences.pod

@@ -48 +48 @@
 For details, see L<S02/"Names and Variables">.
 
-=head2 Global Variables have a twigil
+=head2 Global variables have a twigil
 
 Yes, a twigil. It's the second character in the variable name. For globals,
@@ -91 +91 @@
 See L<S02/"double-underscore forms are going away"> for details.
 
-
 =cut 
 
@@ -98 +97 @@
 =head1 Operators
 
-A comprehensive list of operator changes are documented here:
-
-L<S03/"Changes to Perl 5 operators">
-L<S03/"New operators">
+A comprehensive list of operator changes is documented at L<S03/"Changes to
+Perl 5 operators"> and L<S03/"New operators">.
 
 Some highlights:
 
-=head2 qw() has a customary form; new interpolating form
+=head2 C<qw()> has a customary form; new interpolating form
 
     Was:    qw(foo)
@@ -113 +110 @@
     Now:    <<foo $bar bat>>
 
-Quoting operators now have modifiers that can be used with them (much
-like regexes and substitutions in Perl 5), and you can even define
-your own quoting operators.  See S03 for details.
+Quoting operators now have modifiers that can be used with them (much like
+regexes and substitutions in Perl 5), and you can even define your own quoting
+operators.  See L<S03> for details.
 
 =cut
@@ -165 +162 @@
     Now:    for @whatever -> $age, $sex, $location { ... }
 
-(Only the C<for> version does not destroy the array.)
+(Except the C<for> version does not destroy the array.)
 
 See L<S04/"The for statement"> and L<S29/"each"> for details.
@@ -190 +187 @@
     Now:    $str ~~ m:P5:i/^\d{2,5}\s/
 
-The 'P5' modifier is there because the standard Perl6 syntax is rather
+The C<:P5> modifier is there because the standard Perl6 syntax is rather
 different, and 'P5' notes a Perl5 compatibility syntax.  For the full
 specification, see L<S05>. See also:
@@ -198 +195 @@
   http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/design/apo/A05.html 
 
-And the related Exegesis, wihch explains it more detail:
+And the related Exegesis, which explains it more detail:
 
   http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/design/exe/E05.html
@@ -310 +307 @@
 L<S29/"Obsolete">
 
-=head2 references are gone / everything is a reference
+=head2 References are gone (or: everything is a reference)
 
 C<Capture> objects fill the ecological niche of references in Perl 6.
@@ -339 +336 @@
 =head2 say()
 
-This is a version of print() that auto-appends a newline:
+This is a version of C<print> that auto-appends a newline:
 
     Was:    print "Hello, world!\n";
@@ -367 +364 @@
 
 Most (all?) built-in functions are now methods of built-in classes such
-as String, Array, etc.
+as C<String>, C<Array>, etc.
 
     Was:    my $len = length($string);