Add the \N{U+HHHH} syntax.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@9014

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index 122f5ea144..5adf241b52 100644
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -1564,6 +1564,11 @@ to your Perl administrator.
 your logic, or you need to put a conditional in to guard against
 meaningless input.
 
+=item Illegal hexadecimal code on \N{U+...}
+
+(F) You must specify a hexadecimal code for the Unicode codepoint
+after the "U+" inside your "\N{}".
+
 =item Illegal hexadecimal digit %s ignored
 
 (W digit) You may have tried to use a character other than 0 - 9 or
diff --git a/pod/perlretut.pod b/pod/perlretut.pod
index a77b87e125..2647076234 100644
--- a/pod/perlretut.pod
+++ b/pod/perlretut.pod
@@ -1657,9 +1657,9 @@ or deciphering someone else's hexadecimal Unicode regexp is about as
 much fun as programming in machine code.  So another way to specify
 Unicode characters is to use the S<B<named character> > escape
 sequence C<\N{name}>.  C<name> is a name for the Unicode character, as
-specified in the Unicode standard.  For instance, if we wanted to
-represent or match the astrological sign for the planet Mercury, we
-could use
+specified in the Unicode standard, or "U+" followed by the hexadecimal
+code of the character.  For instance, if we wanted to represent or
+match the astrological sign for the planet Mercury, we could use
 
     use utf8;              # We will be doing Unicode processing
     use charnames ":full"; # use named chars with Unicode full names