Todo: decapsulation of smart match argument

[perl5.git] / pod / perl56delta.pod

diff --git a/pod/perl56delta.pod b/pod/perl56delta.pod
index 75d7728..0ee586f 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perl56delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl56delta.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
+perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ as requiring an automatic lock() when it is entered, you had to declare
 that with a C<use attrs> pragma in the body of the subroutine.
 That can now be accomplished with declaration syntax, like this:
 
-    sub mymethod : locked method ;
+    sub mymethod : locked method;
     ...
     sub mymethod : locked method {
        ...
     }
 
-    sub othermethod :locked :method ;
+    sub othermethod :locked :method;
     ...
     sub othermethod :locked :method {
        ...
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ When the last non-weak reference to an object is deleted, the object
 is destroyed and all the weak references to the object are
 automatically undef-ed.
 
-To use this feature, you need the WeakRef package from CPAN, which
+To use this feature, you need the Devel::WeakRef package from CPAN, which
 contains additional documentation.
 
     NOTE: This is an experimental feature.  Details are subject to change.  
@@ -790,6 +790,12 @@ C<fred.com> if you don't backslash the C<@>.
 See http://www.plover.com/~mjd/perl/at-error.html for more details
 about the history here.
 
+=head2 @- and @+ provide starting/ending offsets of regex matches
+
+The new magic variables @- and @+ provide the starting and ending
+offsets, respectively, of $&, $1, $2, etc.  See L<perlvar> for
+details.
+
 =head1 Modules and Pragmata
 
 =head2 Modules
@@ -805,7 +811,7 @@ See L<attributes>.
 =item B
 
 The Perl Compiler suite has been extensively reworked for this
-release.  More of the standard Perl testsuite passes when run
+release.  More of the standard Perl test suite passes when run
 under the Compiler, but there is still a significant way to
 go to achieve production quality compiled executables.
 
@@ -1011,7 +1017,7 @@ messages. For example:
 
     =head1 NAME
 
-    sample - Using GetOpt::Long and Pod::Usage
+    sample - Using Getopt::Long and Pod::Usage
 
     =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -2987,7 +2993,7 @@ warning.  And in Perl 5.005, this special treatment will cease.
 
 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the
 articles recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup.
-There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/perl/, the Perl
+There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/perl/ , the Perl
 Home Page.
 
 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug>