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author | markm <markm@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-06-25 11:04:01 +0000 |
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committer | markm <markm@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-06-25 11:04:01 +0000 |
commit | 2618fad5bbb2d0182eb31ed805c41b543c513940 (patch) | |
tree | 52ba93338b13aefd02a0055304a9eccfa0e049f5 /contrib/perl5/lib/UNIVERSAL.pm | |
parent | 77644ee620b6a79cf8c538abaf7cd301a875528d (diff) | |
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Vendor import of Perl 5.006
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
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 |