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| author | Karl Williamson <public@khwilliamson.com> | 2012-09-12 19:43:02 -0600 |
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| committer | Karl Williamson <public@khwilliamson.com> | 2012-09-26 11:49:45 -0600 |
| commit | 94df5432700afa9b1cda1919857f958a0af99066 (patch) | |
| tree | 9756828e73069fae26d731c9c7ff16b65888c2a2 /pod/perlvar.pod | |
| parent | 2dc12fc0f84e0e6151d5266f167d197b834631ca (diff) | |
| download | perl-94df5432700afa9b1cda1919857f958a0af99066.tar.gz | |
perlvar.pod: Document UTF8CACHE
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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index fc99b8e23c..3fb989909a 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -2082,7 +2082,9 @@ This variable controls the state of the internal UTF-8 offset caching code. 1 for on (the default), 0 for off, -1 to debug the caching code by checking all its results against linear scans, and panicking on any discrepancy. -This variable was added in Perl v5.8.9. +This variable was added in Perl v5.8.9. It is subject to change or +removal without notice, but is currently used to avoid recalculating the +boundaries of multi-byte UTF-8-encoded characters. =item ${^UTF8LOCALE} X<${^UTF8LOCALE}> |