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| author | Karl Williamson <khw@khw-desktop.(none)> | 2009-12-29 16:38:38 -0700 |
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| committer | Abigail <abigail@abigail.be> | 2009-12-30 12:29:35 +0100 |
| commit | ae5b72c8252f1f9074e08de2e76de013c8021084 (patch) | |
| tree | 10435e792c301c5038fdb73fc27f4972a706cf66 /pod | |
| parent | c088ef569318bbdc082566d3567bbf231adc5267 (diff) | |
| download | perl-ae5b72c8252f1f9074e08de2e76de013c8021084.tar.gz | |
Correct \p{print} to not match LINE SEPARATOR nor PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR
The Unicode Standard defines (as a recommendation) that Print be based on
graphical characters and blank characters (minus controls). Perl's has been
based on space rather than blank. The only practical effect this has is that
Perl erroneously matches the LINE SEPARATOR and PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR, which
clearly are not printable characters.
Signed-off-by: Abigail <abigail@abigail.be>
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlunicode.pod | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlunicode.pod b/pod/perlunicode.pod index 1ebed0df3f..50a2843441 100644 --- a/pod/perlunicode.pod +++ b/pod/perlunicode.pod @@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ matches as well. =item B<C<\p{Print}>> -This matches any character that is graphical or is space, but not a control. +This matches any character that is graphical or blank, except controls. =item B<C<\p{SpacePerl}>> |