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authorKarl Williamson <khw@cpan.org>2014-07-25 11:31:26 -0600
committerKarl Williamson <khw@cpan.org>2014-07-25 15:06:04 -0600
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perlop: Update text to reflect code changes
The warning message is no longer misleading, so no need to point out anything about it.
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@@ -1483,12 +1483,6 @@ the left with zeros to make three digits. For larger ordinals, either use
C<\o{}>, or convert to something else, such as to hex and use C<\x{}>
instead.
-Having fewer than 3 digits may lead to a misleading warning message that says
-that what follows is ignored. For example, C<"\128"> in the ASCII character set
-is equivalent to the two characters C<"\n8">, but the warning C<Illegal octal
-digit '8' ignored> will be thrown. If C<"\n8"> is what you want, you can
-avoid this warning by padding your octal number with C<0>'s: C<"\0128">.
-
=item [8]
Several constructs above specify a character by a number. That number