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| author | Karl Williamson <khw@khw-desktop.(none)> | 2010-02-25 20:45:11 -0700 |
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| committer | Jesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com> | 2010-02-28 10:15:21 -1000 |
| commit | 78288b8e44d571e1359650455abdf6d7f435ebd7 (patch) | |
| tree | 5ef44f3571ef9c961514b83c7476d8a90fd7aab0 /pod | |
| parent | 3d3a8206a05fe5bc0cf4e39c8c70a9a9abfb85e4 (diff) | |
| download | perl-78288b8e44d571e1359650455abdf6d7f435ebd7.tar.gz | |
Document some re bugs in perlre.pod
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diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod index c675186703..b6a73c0ab6 100644 --- a/pod/perlre.pod +++ b/pod/perlre.pod @@ -2154,6 +2154,10 @@ Subroutine call to a named capture buffer. Equivalent to C<< (?&NAME) >>. =head1 BUGS +There are numerous problems with case insensitive matching of characters +outside the ASCII range, especially with those whose folds are multiple +characters, such as ligatures like C<LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FF>. + In a bracketed character class with case insensitive matching, ranges only work for ASCII characters. For example, C<m/[\N{CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER A}-\N{CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YA}]/i> |