From 339def8d4ab2da11b4f46c7bdfea86bc75ccecbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chromatic <chromatic@wgz.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 17:15:28 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improved line and pagebreaking for chapter 4.

---
 sections/operator_characteristics.pod | 15 +++++++--------
 sections/operator_types.pod           | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sections/operator_characteristics.pod b/sections/operator_characteristics.pod
index 10447776..df54493b 100644
--- a/sections/operator_characteristics.pod
+++ b/sections/operator_characteristics.pod
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ X<C<//=>; infix operator>
 
 =over 4
 
-=item I<Infix> operators appear between their operands. Most mathematical
+=item * I<Infix> operators appear between their operands. Most mathematical
 operators are infix operators, such as the multiplication operator in C<$length
 * $width>.
 
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ X<C<->; prefix operator>
 X<C<!>; prefix operator>
 X<C<!!>; prefix operator>
 
-=item I<Prefix> operators precede their operators. I<Postfix> operators follow.
-These operators tend to be unary, such as mathematic negation (C<-$x>), boolean
-negation (C<!$y>), and postfix increment (C<$z++>).
+=item * I<Prefix> operators precede their operators. I<Postfix> operators
+follow. These operators tend to be unary, such as mathematic negation (C<-$x>),
+boolean negation (C<!$y>), and postfix increment (C<$z++>).
 
 X<C<()>; circumfix operator>
 X<C<{}>; circumfix operator>
@@ -173,15 +173,14 @@ X<C<``>; circumfix operator>
 X<C<''>; circumfix operator>
 X<C<"">; circumfix operator>
 
-=item I<Circumfix> operators surround their operands, as with the anonymous
+=item * I<Circumfix> operators surround their operands, as with the anonymous
 hash constructor (C<{ ... }>) and quoting operators (C<qq[ ... ]>).
 
 X<C<()>; postcircumfix operator>
 X<C<{}>; postcircumfix operator>
 X<C<[]>; postcircumfix operator>
 
-=item I<Postcircumfix> operators follow certain operands and surround others,
-as seen in hash and array element access (C<$hash{ ...  }> and C<$array[ ...
-]>).
+=item * I<Postcircumfix> operators follow certain operands and surround others,
+as seen in hash and array element access (C<$hash{$x}> and C<$array[$y]>).
 
 =back
diff --git a/sections/operator_types.pod b/sections/operator_types.pod
index 35c00c4b..5020a60d 100644
--- a/sections/operator_types.pod
+++ b/sections/operator_types.pod
@@ -222,15 +222,15 @@ becomes C<aaa>, and C<a9> becomes C<b0>.
 
     $num++;
     $str++;
-    is( $num,   2, 'numeric autoincrement should stay numeric' );
-    is( $str, 'b', 'string autoincrement should stay string'   );
+    is( $num,   2, 'numeric autoincrement' );
+    is( $str, 'b', 'string autoincrement'  );
 
     no warnings 'numeric';
     $num += $str;
     $str++;
 
-    is( $num, 2, 'adding $str to $num should add numeric value of $str'   );
-    is( $str, 1, '... but $str should now autoincrement its numeric part' );
+    is( $num, 2, 'numeric addition with $str'    );
+    is( $str, 1, '... gives $str a numeric part' );
 
 =end programlisting
 
@@ -245,23 +245,24 @@ it produces a string consisting of the string value of its first operand
 concatenated to itself the number of times specified by its second operand.
 
 In scalar context, the operator always produces a concatenated string repeated
-appropriately.
-
-For example:
+appropriately. For example:
 
 =begin programlisting
 
     my @scheherazade = ('nights') x 1001;
     my $calendar     =  'nights'  x 1001;
+    my $cal_length   =  length $calendar;
 
-    is( @scheherazade,                      1001, 'list repeated' );
-    is( length $calendar, 1001 * length 'nights', 'word repeated' );
+    is( @scheherazade, 1001, 'list repeated' );
+    is( $length,       1001 * length 'nights',
+                       'word repeated' );
 
     my @schenolist   =  'nights'  x 1001;
     my $calscalar    = ('nights') x 1001;
 
-    is( @schenolist,                            1, 'no lvalue list'      );
-    is( length $calscalar, 1001 * length 'nights', 'word still repeated' );
+    is( @schenolist, 1, 'no lvalue list' );
+    is( length $calscalar,
+        1001 * length 'nights', 'word still repeated' );
 
 =end programlisting