close: document close() fails with an existing error on the handle

tonycoz · Jul 26, 2023 · c94ff39 · c94ff39
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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -1356,8 +1356,10 @@ X<close>
 
 Closes the file or pipe associated with the filehandle, flushes the IO
 buffers, and closes the system file descriptor.  Returns true if those
-operations succeed and if no error was reported by any PerlIO
-layer.  Closes the currently selected filehandle if the argument is
+operations succeed, if no error was reported by any PerlIO layer, and
+theere was no existing error on the filehandle.
+
+Closes the currently selected filehandle if the argument is
 omitted.
 
 You don't have to close FILEHANDLE if you are immediately going to do