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authorKarl Williamson <khw@khw-desktop.(none)>2010-02-23 17:33:35 -0700
committerJesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com>2010-02-28 10:15:19 -1000
commitdf225385efadf8ebc97affe35811344361ca9090 (patch)
tree851a1a318684a77ddaca93dce5f6ad3e78ee10c9 /pod/perlreref.pod
parent55bc7d3ca65c8a79bfdaa4be97e25fdf2395a858 (diff)
downloadperl-df225385efadf8ebc97affe35811344361ca9090.tar.gz
Update pods for \N changes
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diff --git a/pod/perlreref.pod b/pod/perlreref.pod
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--- a/pod/perlreref.pod
+++ b/pod/perlreref.pod
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ This one works differently from normal strings:
[f-j-] Dash escaped or at start or end means 'dash'
[^f-j] Caret indicates "match any character _except_ these"
-The following sequences work within or without a character class.
+The following sequences (except C<\N>) work within or without a character class.
The first six are locale aware, all are Unicode aware. See L<perllocale>
and L<perlunicode> for details.
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ and L<perlunicode> for details.
\S A non-whitespace character
\h An horizontal white space
\H A non horizontal white space
- \N A non newline (when not followed by a '{'; it's like . without /s)
+ \N A non newline (when not followed by '{NAME}'; not valid in a
+ character class; equivalent to [^\n]; it's like . without /s
+ modifier)
\v A vertical white space
\V A non vertical white space
\R A generic newline (?>\v|\x0D\x0A)