Change 21349: The FAQ answer about POD comments was incorrect. [perl #23893]

Change 21349 by rgs@rgs-home on 2003/09/23 22:09:57

	The FAQ answer about POD comments was incorrect. [perl #23893]
	(plus a few typos.)

Affected files ...

... //depot/perl/pod/perlfaq7.pod#39 edit
... //depot/perl/pod/perlpodspec.pod#10 edit

Differences ...

==== //depot/perl/pod/perlfaq7.pod#39 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlfaq7.pod
--- perl/pod/perlfaq7.pod#38~20330~	Tue Jul 29 14:20:28 2003
+++ perl/pod/perlfaq7.pod	Tue Sep 23 15:09:57 2003
@@ -725,32 +725,27 @@
 
 =head2 How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
 
-You can use embedded POD to discard it.  The =for directive
-lasts until the next paragraph (two consecutive newlines).
+You can use embedded POD to discard it.  Enclose the blocks you want
+to comment out in POD markers, for example C<=for nobody> and C<=cut>
+(which marks ends of POD blocks).
 
     # program is here
 
     =for nobody
-    This paragraph is commented out
-
-    # program continues
-
-The =begin and =end directives can contain multiple
-paragraphs.
-
-    =begin comment text
 
     all of this stuff
 
     here will be ignored
     by everyone
 
-    =end comment text
+    =cut
+
+    # program continues
 
 The pod directives cannot go just anywhere.  You must put a
 pod directive where the parser is expecting a new statement,
 not just in the middle of an expression or some other
-arbitrary s grammar production.
+arbitrary grammar production.
 
 See L<perlpod> for more details.
 

==== //depot/perl/pod/perlpodspec.pod#10 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlpodspec.pod
--- perl/pod/perlpodspec.pod#9~21198~	Fri Sep 12 10:59:25 2003
+++ perl/pod/perlpodspec.pod	Tue Sep 23 15:09:57 2003
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
   # This is the first line of program text.
   sub foo { # This is the second.
 
-It is an error to try to I<start> a Pod black with a "=cut" command.  In
+It is an error to try to I<start> a Pod block with a "=cut" command.  In
 that case, the Pod processor must halt parsing of the input file, and
 must by default emit a warning.
 
End of Patch.