perlfunc: another alternative for enabling the "state" feature

[perl5.git] / pod / perlcall.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlcall.pod b/pod/perlcall.pod
index dd01bbb..f8d2dde 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlcall.pod
+++ b/pod/perlcall.pod
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ subroutines.  They are
     I32 call_sv(SV* sv, I32 flags);
     I32 call_pv(char *subname, I32 flags);
     I32 call_method(char *methname, I32 flags);
-    I32 call_argv(char *subname, I32 flags, register char **argv);
+    I32 call_argv(char *subname, I32 flags, char **argv);
 
 The key function is I<call_sv>.  All the other functions are
 fairly simple wrappers which make it easier to call Perl subroutines in
@@ -1031,8 +1031,8 @@ Here is a snippet of XSUB which defines I<CallSubPV>.
        call_pv(name, G_DISCARD|G_NOARGS);
 
 That is fine as far as it goes. The thing is, the Perl subroutine
-can be specified as only a string.  For Perl 4 this was adequate,
-but Perl 5 allows references to subroutines and anonymous subroutines.
+can be specified as only a string, however, Perl allows references
+to subroutines and anonymous subroutines.
 This is where I<call_sv> is useful.
 
 The code below for I<CallSubSV> is identical to I<CallSubPV> except
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ The pattern of macro calls is like this:
 
     dMULTICALL;                        /* Declare local variables */
     I32 gimme = G_SCALAR;      /* context of the call: G_SCALAR,
-                                * G_LIST, or G_VOID */
+                                * G_ARRAY, or G_VOID */
 
     PUSH_MULTICALL(cv);                /* Set up the context for calling cv,
                                   and set local vars appropriately */