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[svn:perl6-synopsis] r10314 - doc/trunk/design/syn

From:
audreyt
Date:
July 19, 2006 20:02
Subject:
[svn:perl6-synopsis] r10314 - doc/trunk/design/syn
Message ID:
20060720030234.C2A73CBABC@x12.develooper.com
Author: audreyt
Date: Wed Jul 19 20:02:34 2006
New Revision: 10314

Modified:
   doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod

Log:
* S02: Typo fixes from Agent Zhang and TimToady++.

Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod	(original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod	Wed Jul 19 20:02:34 2006
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
 respectively on the array.  The same methods apply to strings as well.
 
 There is no C<.length> method for either arrays or strings, because C<length>
-does not specify an unit.
+does not specify a unit.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -743,8 +743,8 @@
 
     $args = \3;     # same as "$args = \(3)"
     $$args;         # same as "$args as Scalar" or "Scalar($args)"
-    @$args;         # same as '$args as Array"  or "Array($args)"
-    %$args;         # same as '$args as Hash"   or "Hash($args)"
+    @$args;         # same as "$args as Array"  or "Array($args)"
+    %$args;         # same as "$args as Hash"   or "Hash($args)"
 
 When cast into an array, you can access all the positional arguments; into a
 hash, all named arguments; into a scalar, its invocant.
@@ -789,7 +789,8 @@
 
 Whitespace is not allowed before the parens, but there is a
 corresponding C<.()> operator, plus the "long dot" forms that allow
-you to insert optional whitespace and comments between dots:
+you to insert optional whitespace and comments between the backslash
+and the dot:
 
     &foo\   .($arg1, $arg2);
     &foo\#[
@@ -1064,7 +1065,7 @@
 not see any lexical variables or their values, unless you copy those
 values into C<%*ENV> to change what subprocesses see:
 
-    temp %*ENV{LANG} = $+LANG;		# may be modifed by parent
+    temp %*ENV{LANG} = $+LANG;		# may be modified by parent
     system "greet";
 
 =item *



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