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authorSteve Peters <steve@fisharerojo.org>2008-12-19 11:38:31 -0600
committerSteve Peters <steve@fisharerojo.org>2008-12-19 11:38:31 -0600
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Subject: PATCH 5.10 documentation
From: karl williamson <public@khwilliamson.com> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:00:34 -0700 Message-ID: <49483312.80804@khwilliamson.com>
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diff --git a/pod/perlunifaq.pod b/pod/perlunifaq.pod
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--- a/pod/perlunifaq.pod
+++ b/pod/perlunifaq.pod
@@ -145,11 +145,13 @@ strings differently, depending on the internal state.
Affected are C<uc>, C<lc>, C<ucfirst>, C<lcfirst>, C<\U>, C<\L>, C<\u>, C<\l>,
C<\d>, C<\s>, C<\w>, C<\D>, C<\S>, C<\W>, C</.../i>, C<(?i:...)>,
-C</[[:posix:]]/>.
+C</[[:posix:]]/>, and C<quotemeta> (though this last should not cause any real
+problems).
To force Unicode semantics, you can upgrade the internal representation to
-by doing C<utf8::upgrade($string)>. This does not change strings that were
-already upgraded.
+by doing C<utf8::upgrade($string)>. This can be used
+safely on any string, as it checks and does not change strings that have
+already been upgraded.
For a more detailed discussion, see L<Unicode::Semantics> on CPAN.