explain terminators

Author: lichtkind

docs/appendix-a-index.txt

@@ -562,9 +562,9 @@ creates an alias to a variable at runtime
 
 <a id="semicolon"/><a id="semicolon-terminator"/>
 [**;**](tablet-2-basic-syntax.html#statements)
-*«terminator»* &mdash;
-separates [statements](tablet-2-basic-syntax.html#statements)
-(commands) or [array indices](tablet-3-variables#array-slices) &mdash;
+«terminator» &mdash;
+separates [statements](tablet-2-basic-syntax.html#statements) (commands)
+or [array indices](tablet-3-variables#array-slices) &mdash;
 example: `@[2;3]` instead of `@a[2][3]`
 
 
@@ -951,8 +951,10 @@ context var, result of the last command, can set by topicalizers
 **{}**
 «terminator» &mdash;
 [circumfix](#circumfix-category) operator,
-encloses blocks and creates a [*coderef*](appendix-g-glossary.html#coderef),
-or a hashref when it is identified as a hash or contains a [**=\>**](#fat-arrow)
+encloses [*blocks*](appendix-g-glossary.html#block) 
+if assigned it creates an anonymous routine,
+or a hashref when it is identified as a hash by the 
+[**hash**](#hash-op) prefix or it contains a [**=\>**](#fat-arrow)
 
 <a id="pipe"/><a id="pipe-op"/><a id="junctive-or"/>
 **|**

docs/appendix-g-glossary.txt

@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ all details in [that table](appendix-b-grouped.html#smartmatch).
 
 <a id="statement"/>
 **statement** &mdash;
-smallest standalone element that can be executed,
+smallest standalone element of a program that can be executed,
 everything smaller is just a [*term*](#term),
 larger combinations of them are [*expressions*](#expression)
 
@@ -810,6 +810,10 @@ not to be confused with [*expression*](#expression)
 
 <a id="terminator"/>
 **terminator** &mdash;
+character that marks the end of a [*term*](#term), these are 
+[**;**](appendix-a-index.html#semicolon-terminator) and
+[**}**](appendix-a-index.html#curly-brackets-terminator),
+[more about statements](tablet-2-basic-syntax.html#statements)
 
 <a id="ternary-operator"/>
 **ternary operator** &mdash;

docs/tablet-2-basic-syntax.txt

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ Statements
 Unless you use [*blocks*](appendix-g-glossary.html#block), a Perl 
 program executes one statement after another in linear progression 
 (from left to right, top down). They have to be separated by 
-a semicolon (**;**), except before and after a closing curly brace, 
-where it is optional.
+a semicolon ([**;**](appendix-a-index.html#semicolon-terminator)),
+except before and after a closing curly brace, where it is optional.
 
     $coderef = sub { fetch_data(); compute() }