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authorKarl Williamson <khw@khw-desktop.(none)>2010-02-25 19:17:57 -0700
committerJesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com>2010-02-28 10:15:21 -1000
commitf9e949fde3ede2344392f8b4159fabb7744bbffb (patch)
treecc05567edc62812e40fac45576dc16fde6456814 /pod
parenta620a577415c09bac17531268ef8710e0e2519a3 (diff)
downloadperl-f9e949fde3ede2344392f8b4159fabb7744bbffb.tar.gz
Revise wording about /x caveats
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diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod
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@@ -99,11 +99,13 @@ a C<\Q...\E> stays unaffected by C</x>. And note that C</x> doesn't affect
whether space interpretation within a single multi-character construct. For
example in C<\x{...}>, regardless of the C</x> modifier, there can be no
spaces. Same for a L<quantifier|Quantifiers> such as C<{3}> or
-C<{5,}>. Similarly, C<(?:...)> can't have a space between the C<?> and C<:>.
-Within any delimiters for such a construct, allowed spaces are not affected by
-C</x>, and depend on the construct. For example, C<\x{...}> can't have spaces
-because hexadecimal numbers don't have spaces in them. But, in C<\p{...}> the
-C<...> can have spaces that follow the Unicode properties rules.
+C<{5,}>. Similarly, C<(?:...)> can't have a space between the C<?> and C<:>,
+but can between the C<(> and C<?>. Within any delimiters for such a
+construct, allowed spaces are not affected by C</x>, and depend on the
+construct. For example, C<\x{...}> can't have spaces because hexadecimal
+numbers don't have spaces in them. But, Unicode properties can have spaces, so
+in C<\p{...}> there can be spaces that follow the Unicode rules, for which see
+L<perluniprops.pod/Properties accessible through \p{} and \P{}>.
X</x>
=head2 Regular Expressions