This document gives a condensed list of the features available in the POSIX
module. Consult your operating system's manpages for general information on
most features. Consult L<perlfunc> for functions which are noted as being
-identical to Perl's builtin functions.
+identical or almost identical to Perl's builtin functions.
The first section describes POSIX functions from the 1003.1 specification.
The second section describes some classes for signal objects, TTY objects,
=item C<localtime>
This is identical to Perl's builtin C<localtime()> function for
-converting seconds since the epoch to a date see L<perlfunc/localtime>.
+converting seconds since the epoch to a date see L<perlfunc/localtime> except
+that C<POSIX::localtime()> must be provided an explicit value (rather than
+relying an implicit C<$_>:
+
+ @localtime = POSIX::localtime(time); # Good
+
+ @localtime = localtime(); # Good
+
+ @localtime = POSIX::localtime(); # Throws exception
=item C<log>