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diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod index 3b7ae9801d..209cac7f8d 100644 --- a/pod/perlre.pod +++ b/pod/perlre.pod @@ -563,7 +563,8 @@ At any given time, exactly one of these modifiers is in effect. Their existence allows Perl to keep the originally compiled behavior of a regular expression, regardless of what rules are in effect when it is actually executed. And if it is interpolated into a larger regex, the -original's rules continue to apply to it, and only it. +original's rules continue to apply to it, and don't affect the other +parts. The C</l> and C</u> modifiers are automatically selected for regular expressions compiled within the scope of various pragmas, @@ -720,8 +721,8 @@ the pattern uses L<C<(*script_run: ...)>|/Script Runs> Another mnemonic for this modifier is "Depends", as the rules actually used depend on various things, and as a result you can get unexpected results. See L<perlunicode/The "Unicode Bug">. The Unicode Bug has -become rather infamous, leading to yet another (printable) name for this -modifier, "Dodgy". +become rather infamous, leading to yet another (without swearing) name +for this modifier, "Dodgy". Unless the pattern or string are encoded in UTF-8, only ASCII characters can match positively. |