Errata for Perl 5 Pocket Reference
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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".
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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 |
| 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
be edited in place."
|
Anonymous |
|
Jan 01, 2001 |
| Printed |
Page 17
lvalue |
description now reads "The subroutine returns a variable that can be assigned
to."
|
Anonymous |
|
Jan 01, 2001 |
| Printed |
Page 18
goto |
In description, the first "subroutine" now reads "subname."
|
Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 2001 |
| Printed |
Page 27
U: |
character now reads character code
|
Anonymous |
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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
fields."
|
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:
With o, b, x, or X: prefix a nonzero number with "0",
"0b", "0x", or "0X".
|
Anonymous |
|
Jan 01, 2001 |
| Printed |
Page 48
v |
description now reads:
With d, o, b, x, or X: print string as series of ordinals.
|
Anonymous |
|
Jan 01, 2001 |
| Printed |
Page 49
"A picture line" paragraph |
1st two sentences now read:
A picture line contains desriptions of fields. It can
also contain other text that will be output as given.
|
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:
The name by which Perl was invoked.
|
Anonymous |
|
Jan 01, 2001 |
| Printed |
Page 68
PERL5OPT: |
|
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 |
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