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authorKarl Williamson <public@khwilliamson.com>2010-12-19 10:53:58 -0700
committerKarl Williamson <public@khwilliamson.com>2010-12-19 17:54:27 -0700
commitc8536afa2abc39d901062df19a839a4209513974 (patch)
treebe3aa5db4fab64fe2d6bfbb77460ecf135a89cbe /dump.c
parent2c515f74c15beadabf104e8616a276474a99977f (diff)
downloadperl-c8536afa2abc39d901062df19a839a4209513974.tar.gz
dump.c: correct pod statement
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diff --git a/dump.c b/dump.c
index d778d41c9e..e7ae8b789b 100644
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@@ -239,11 +239,10 @@ then all chars below 255 will be treated as printable and
will be output as literals.
If PERL_PV_ESCAPE_FIRSTCHAR is set then only the first char of the
-string will be escaped, regardles of max. If the string is utf8 and
-the chars value is >255 then it will be returned as a plain hex
-sequence. Thus the output will either be a single char,
-an octal escape sequence, a special escape like C<\n> or a 3 or
-more digit hex value.
+string will be escaped, regardless of max. If the output is to be in hex,
+then it will be returned as a plain hex
+sequence. Thus the output will either be a single char,
+an octal escape sequence, a special escape like C<\n> or a hex value.
If PERL_PV_ESCAPE_RE is set then the escape char used will be a '%' and
not a '\\'. This is because regexes very often contain backslashed