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diff --git a/pod/perlrebackslash.pod b/pod/perlrebackslash.pod index e14ef35e1b..b428bbe0d6 100644 --- a/pod/perlrebackslash.pod +++ b/pod/perlrebackslash.pod @@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ ordinal value of C<A> is not 0x41). It is even possible to give your own names to characters, and even to short sequences of characters. For details, see L<charnames>. +(There is an expanded internal form that you may see in debug output: +C<\N{U+I<wide hex character>.I<wide hex character>...}>. +The C<...> means any number of these I<wide hex character>s separated by dots. +This represents the sequence formed by the characters. This is an internal +form only, subject to change, and you should not try to use it yourself.) + Mnemonic: I<N>amed character. Note that a character that is expressed as a named character is considered |