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authorKarl Williamson <khw@cpan.org>2019-03-13 13:17:39 -0600
committerKarl Williamson <khw@cpan.org>2019-03-13 15:42:49 -0600
commit447fcf49ce69125df8ec9c1b46a7e6f24df98683 (patch)
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parent407fecf1ecbd5b45621badd1485c91ddf95256e1 (diff)
downloadperl-447fcf49ce69125df8ec9c1b46a7e6f24df98683.tar.gz
perlre: Minor wording improvements
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@@ -563,7 +563,8 @@ At any given time, exactly one of these modifiers is in effect. Their
existence allows Perl to keep the originally compiled behavior of a
regular expression, regardless of what rules are in effect when it is
actually executed. And if it is interpolated into a larger regex, the
-original's rules continue to apply to it, and only it.
+original's rules continue to apply to it, and don't affect the other
+parts.
The C</l> and C</u> modifiers are automatically selected for
regular expressions compiled within the scope of various pragmas,
@@ -720,8 +721,8 @@ the pattern uses L<C<(*script_run: ...)>|/Script Runs>
Another mnemonic for this modifier is "Depends", as the rules actually
used depend on various things, and as a result you can get unexpected
results. See L<perlunicode/The "Unicode Bug">. The Unicode Bug has
-become rather infamous, leading to yet another (printable) name for this
-modifier, "Dodgy".
+become rather infamous, leading to yet another (without swearing) name
+for this modifier, "Dodgy".
Unless the pattern or string are encoded in UTF-8, only ASCII characters
can match positively.