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authorKarl Williamson <khw@cpan.org>2019-12-08 12:16:29 -0700
committerKarl Williamson <khw@cpan.org>2019-12-09 15:32:49 -0700
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PATCH GH #17025 \p{user-defined} overrides official Unicode
Prior to this patch, they only sometimes overrode.
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@@ -1066,7 +1066,9 @@ You can define your own binary character properties by defining subroutines
whose names begin with C<"In"> or C<"Is">. (The experimental feature
L<perlre/(?[ ])> provides an alternative which allows more complex
definitions.) The subroutines can be defined in any
-package. The user-defined properties can be used in the regular expression
+package. They override any Unicode properties expressed as the same
+names. The user-defined properties can be used in the regular
+expression
C<\p{}> and C<\P{}> constructs; if you are using a user-defined property from a
package other than the one you are in, you must specify its package in the
C<\p{}> or C<\P{}> construct.