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MyASPN >> Mail Archive >> perl5-porters
perl5-porters
DOC PATCH 5.6.0
by other posts by this author
Sep 30 2000 6:02AM messages near this date
Re: [ID 20000929.001] Using ARGV can cause core dump | [ID 20000929.002] Self-tied arrays cause core dump
--- perldebguts.pod	2000/09/30 06:00:59	1.1
+++ perldebguts.pod	2000/09/30 06:01:27
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@
 files compiled by Perl.  The same for C<eval> ed strings that contain
 subroutines, or which are currently being executed.  The $filename
 for C<eval> ed strings looks like C<(eval 34)>.   Code assertions
-in regexes look like C<(re_eval 19)> .
+in regexes look like C<(re_eval 19)> .  
+
+Values in this array are magical in numeric context: they compare
+equal to zero only if the line is not breakable.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -44,8 +47,7 @@
 by line number.  Individual entries (as opposed to the whole hash)
 are settable.  Perl only cares about Boolean true here, although
 the values used by F<perl5db.pl>  have the form
-C<"$break_condition\0$action"> .  Values in this hash are magical
-in numeric context: they are zeros if the line is not breakable.
+C<"$break_condition\0$action"> .  
 
 The same holds for evaluated strings that contain subroutines, or
 which are currently being executed.  The $filename for C<eval> ed strings

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