package UNIVERSAL;
-our $VERSION = '1.06';
+our $VERSION = '1.08';
# UNIVERSAL should not contain any extra subs/methods beyond those
# that it exists to define. The use of Exporter below is a historical
C<eval> block to catch the exception if C<VAL> is undefined.
If you want to be sure that you're calling C<isa> as a method, not a class,
-check the invocant with C<blessed> from L<Scalar::Util> first:
+check the invocand with C<blessed> from L<Scalar::Util> first:
use Scalar::Util 'blessed';
C<DOES> and C<isa> are similar, in that if either is true, you know that the
object or class on which you call the method can perform specific behavior.
However, C<DOES> is different from C<isa> in that it does not care I<how> the
-invocant performs the operations, merely that it does. (C<isa> of course
+invocand performs the operations, merely that it does. (C<isa> of course
mandates an inheritance relationship. Other relationships include aggregation,
delegation, and mocking.)
C<VAL>.
C<can> cannot know whether an object will be able to provide a method through
-AUTOLOAD (unless the object's class has overriden C<can> appropriately), so a
+AUTOLOAD (unless the object's class has overridden C<can> appropriately), so a
return value of I<undef> does not necessarily mean the object will not be able
to handle the method call. To get around this some module authors use a forward
declaration (see L<perlsub>) for methods they will handle via AUTOLOAD. For
You may call C<can> as a class (static) method or an object method.
-Again, the same rule about having a valid invocant applies -- use an C<eval>
+Again, the same rule about having a valid invocand applies -- use an C<eval>
block or C<blessed> if you need to be extra paranoid.
=item C<VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )>