Retracting \N{U+HHHH}.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@9025

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index 5adf241b52..122f5ea144 100644
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -1564,11 +1564,6 @@ 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 2647076234..a77b87e125 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, 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
+specified in the Unicode standard.  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