Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Printed | Page 2 -0: |
[ val ] now reads [ octnum ]. |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 2 -i: |
ext now reads [ ext ]. The description now reads "Files processed by <> are to |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 17 lvalue |
description now reads "The subroutine returns a variable that can be assigned |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 18 goto |
In description, the first "subroutine" now reads "subname." |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 27 U: |
character now reads character code |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 27 W: |
BER compressed now reads BER encoded |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 31 split |
In description, third sentence now reads "A negative value indicates all |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 37 c |
"searchlist" now reads "search list" without italics. |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 48 # |
description now reads: |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 48 v |
description now reads: |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 49 "A picture line" paragraph |
1st two sentences now read: |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 50 untie |
In description, the word "package" was removed. |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 54 send |
In description, "socket" is not in italics. |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 64 $^X |
description now reads: |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 68 PERL5OPT: |
perl now reads Perl |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 70 b postpone |
"condition" is italicized. |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 75 ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap |
"DynaLoader" is in Constant Width font. |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 76 ExtUtils::MM_Unix |
"ExtUtils::MakeMaker" is in Constant Width font. |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 |