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Perl · May 28, 2021 · 2c537fc · 2c537fc
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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -7299,6 +7299,10 @@ An example disabling Nagle's algorithm on a socket:
     use Socket qw(IPPROTO_TCP TCP_NODELAY);
     setsockopt($socket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, 1);
 
+Beware: If a variable is supplied for OPTVAL and that variable has
+been used as a string, setsockopt() might treat it as a packed string
+instead of as an integer.
+
 Portability issues: L<perlport/setsockopt>.
 
 =item shift ARRAY