: _71 & _04 - Make AIX hints preserve ccflags as per docs

[perl5.git] / README.win32

diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32
index 3727b2c..233bb63 100644 (file)
--- a/README.win32
+++ b/README.win32
@@ -237,16 +237,17 @@ perlglob.bat.
 perlglob.exe relies on the argv expansion done by the C Runtime of
 the particular compiler you used, and therefore behaves very
 differently depending on the Runtime used to build it.  To preserve
-compatiblity, perlglob.bat (a perl script/module that can be
-used portably) is installed.  Besides being portable, perlglob.bat
-also offers enhanced globbing functionality.
+compatiblity, perlglob.bat (a perl script that can be used portably)
+is installed.  Besides being portable, perlglob.bat also offers
+enhanced globbing functionality.
 
 If you want perl to use perlglob.bat instead of perlglob.exe, just
 delete perlglob.exe from the install location (or move it somewhere
-perl cannot find).  Using File::DosGlob.pm (which is the same
-as perlglob.bat) to override the internal CORE::glob() works about 10
-times faster than spawing perlglob.exe, and you should take this
-approach when writing new modules.  See File::DosGlob for details.
+perl cannot find).  Using File::DosGlob.pm (which implements the core
+functionality of perlglob.bat) to override the internal CORE::glob()
+works about 10 times faster than spawing perlglob.exe, and you should
+take this approach when writing new modules.  See File::DosGlob for
+details.
 
 =item Using perl from the command line
 
@@ -503,9 +504,9 @@ The following functions are currently unavailable: C<fork()>,
 C<dump()>, C<chown()>, C<link()>, C<symlink()>, C<chroot()>,
 C<setpgrp()> and related security functions, C<setpriority()>,
 C<getpriority()>, C<syscall()>, C<fcntl()>, C<getpw*()>,
-C<wait*()>, C<msg*()>, C<shm*()>, C<sem*()>, C<alarm()>,
-C<socketpair()>, C<*netent()>, C<*protoent()>, C<*servent()>,
-C<*hostent()>, C<getnetby*()>.
+C<msg*()>, C<shm*()>, C<sem*()>, C<alarm()>, C<socketpair()>,
+C<*netent()>, C<*protoent()>, C<*servent()>, C<*hostent()>,
+C<getnetby*()>.
 This list is possibly incomplete.
 
 =item *
@@ -524,10 +525,9 @@ functionality of ioctlsocket() in the Winsock API).
 
 =item *
 
-C<$?> ends up with the exitstatus of the subprocess (this is different
-from Unix, where the exitstatus is actually given by "$? >> 8").
-Failure to spawn() the subprocess is indicated by setting $? to 
-"255<<8".  This is subject to change.
+Failure to spawn() a subprocess is indicated by setting $? to "255 << 8".
+C<$?> is set in a way compatible with Unix (i.e. the exitstatus of the
+subprocess is obtained by "$? >> 8", as described in the documentation).
 
 =item *
 
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ sundry hacks since then.
 
 Borland support was added in 5.004_01 (Gurusamy Sarathy).
 
-Last updated: 23 December 1997
+Last updated: 3 January 1998
 
 =cut