Also allow bare int's to be passed to .signal

Raku · Sep 14, 2014 · 9103f96 · 9103f96
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diff --git a/S17-concurrency.pod b/S17-concurrency.pod
@@ -1059,8 +1059,8 @@ Finally, if your process as gong awry, you can stop it with the C<.kill>
 method:
 
     $proc.kill;            # sends HUP signal to process
-
     $proc.kill("SIGINT");  # send INT signal
+    $proc.kill(1);         # if you just know the signal number on your system
 
 The parameter should be something that is acceptable to the Kernel.signal
 method.

diff --git a/S28-special-names.pod b/S28-special-names.pod
@@ -264,9 +264,9 @@ ordinal number matches the lower level signal value.
 
 =item signal
 
-  my $num = $*KERNEL.signal(SIGHUP);
-
-  my $num = $*KERNEL.signal("HUP"); # or "SIGHUP"
+  my $int = $*KERNEL.signal(SIGHUP);
+  my $int = $*KERNEL.signal("HUP"); # or "SIGHUP"
+  my $int = $*KERNEL.signal(1);     # just pass through for bare Ints
 
 Convert the given C<Signal> Enum value, or a string representing that signal,
 to the internal value that this C<Kernel> uses to send to a process.