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authorKarl Williamson <public@khwilliamson.com>2012-05-11 10:25:15 -0600
committerKarl Williamson <public@khwilliamson.com>2012-05-11 10:47:58 -0600
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perldelta: Add future deprecation text about \Q
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@@ -682,6 +682,15 @@ The removal of this will allow extensions to pattern syntax, and better
error checking of existing syntax. See L<perlre/Quantifiers> for an
example.
+=item *
+
+Revamping C<< "\Q" >> semantics in double-quotish strings when combined with other escapes
+
+There are a number of bugs and inconsistencies involving combinations
+of C<\Q> and excapes like C<\x>, C<\L>, etc., within a C<\Q...\E> pair.
+These need to be fixed, and doing so will necessarily change current
+behavior. The changes have not yet been settled.
+
=back
=head1 Incompatible Changes