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| author | Karl Williamson <khw@khw-desktop.(none)> | 2010-02-25 14:43:48 -0700 |
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| committer | Jesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com> | 2010-02-28 10:15:20 -1000 |
| commit | b3b85878703a83ab8f906188035b0be144ebdd9e (patch) | |
| tree | 408f19b8b37a4809ff857b0e70cd5549b35a851b /pod/perlrebackslash.pod | |
| parent | 7b059540b116737402869fbccad6d5c540c7f62e (diff) | |
| download | perl-b3b85878703a83ab8f906188035b0be144ebdd9e.tar.gz | |
Mark \N meaning [^\n] as experimental
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlrebackslash.pod b/pod/perlrebackslash.pod index f3710e9e14..6b606845f7 100644 --- a/pod/perlrebackslash.pod +++ b/pod/perlrebackslash.pod @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ as C<Not in [].> \l Lowercase next character. Not in []. \L Lowercase till \E. Not in []. \n (Logical) newline character. - \N Any character but newline. Not in []. + \N Any character but newline. Experimental. Not in []. \N{} Named or numbered (Unicode) character. \p{}, \pP Character with the given Unicode property. \P{}, \PP Character without the given Unicode property. @@ -517,10 +517,10 @@ Mnemonic: I<K>eep. =item \N -This is new in perl 5.12.0. It matches any character that is not a newline. -It is a short-hand for writing C<[^\n]>, and is identical to the C<.> -metasymbol, except under the C</s> flag, which changes the meaning of C<.>, but -not C<\N>. +This is a new experimental feature in perl 5.12.0. It matches any character +that is not a newline. It is a short-hand for writing C<[^\n]>, and is +identical to the C<.> metasymbol, except under the C</s> flag, which changes +the meaning of C<.>, but not C<\N>. Note that C<\N{...}> can mean a L<named or numbered character|/Named or numbered characters>. |