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authormarkm <markm@FreeBSD.org>2000-06-25 11:04:01 +0000
committermarkm <markm@FreeBSD.org>2000-06-25 11:04:01 +0000
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Vendor import of Perl 5.006
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diff --git a/contrib/perl5/lib/UNIVERSAL.pm b/contrib/perl5/lib/UNIVERSAL.pm
index dc02423..f2f1fe9 100644
--- a/contrib/perl5/lib/UNIVERSAL.pm
+++ b/contrib/perl5/lib/UNIVERSAL.pm
@@ -62,19 +62,23 @@ The C<isa> and C<can> methods can also be called as subroutines
=item UNIVERSAL::isa ( VAL, TYPE )
-C<isa> returns I<true> if the first argument is a reference and either
-of the following statements is true.
+C<isa> returns I<true> if one of the following statements is true.
=over 8
-=item
+=item *
-C<VAL> is a blessed reference and is blessed into package C<TYPE>
-or inherits from package C<TYPE>
+C<VAL> is a reference blessed into either package C<TYPE> or a package
+which inherits from package C<TYPE>.
-=item
+=item *
-C<VAL> is a reference to a C<TYPE> of perl variable (er 'HASH')
+C<VAL> is a reference to a C<TYPE> of Perl variable (e.g. 'HASH').
+
+=item *
+
+C<VAL> is the name of a package that inherits from (or is itself)
+package C<TYPE>.
=back
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