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authorSteve Peters <steve@fisharerojo.org>2008-12-19 11:38:31 -0600
committerDavid Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com>2009-02-25 19:35:31 +0000
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Subject: PATCH 5.10 documentation
From: karl williamson <public@khwilliamson.com> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:00:34 -0700 Message-ID: <49483312.80804@khwilliamson.com> (cherry-picked from commit 2bbc8d558d247c6ef91207a12a4650c0bc292dd6)
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=head1 Character classes
=for apidoc Am|bool|isALNUM|char ch
-Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is an ASCII alphanumeric
-character (including underscore) or digit.
+Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is a US-ASCII (Basic Latin)
+alphanumeric character (including underscore) or digit.
=for apidoc Am|bool|isALPHA|char ch
-Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is an ASCII alphabetic
-character.
+Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is a US-ASCII (Basic Latin)
+alphabetic character.
=for apidoc Am|bool|isSPACE|char ch
-Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is whitespace.
+Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is a US-ASCII (Basic Latin)
+whitespace.
=for apidoc Am|bool|isDIGIT|char ch
-Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is an ASCII
+Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is a US-ASCII (Basic Latin)
digit.
=for apidoc Am|bool|isUPPER|char ch
-Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is an uppercase
-character.
+Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is a US-ASCII (Basic Latin)
+uppercase character.
=for apidoc Am|bool|isLOWER|char ch
-Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is a lowercase
-character.
+Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is a US-ASCII (Basic Latin)
+lowercase character.
=for apidoc Am|char|toUPPER|char ch
-Converts the specified character to uppercase.
+Converts the specified character to uppercase. Characters outside the
+US-ASCII (Basic Latin) range are viewed as not having any case.
=for apidoc Am|char|toLOWER|char ch
-Converts the specified character to lowercase.
+Converts the specified character to lowercase. Characters outside the
+US-ASCII (Basic Latin) range are viewed as not having any case.
=cut
*/