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diff --git a/pod/perlretut.pod b/pod/perlretut.pod index f4e9bb6440..bb2423b8af 100644 --- a/pod/perlretut.pod +++ b/pod/perlretut.pod @@ -1653,12 +1653,11 @@ Unicode characters in the range of 128-255 use two hexadecimal digits with braces: C<\x{ab}>. Note that this is different than C<\xab>, which is just a hexadecimal byte with no Unicode significance. -B<NOTE>: in perl 5.6.0 it used to be that one needed to say C<use utf8> -to use any Unicode features. This is no more the case: for almost all -Unicode processing, the explicit C<utf8> pragma is not needed. -(The only case where it matters is if your Perl script is in Unicode, -that is, encoded in UTF-8/UTF-16/UTF-EBCDIC: then an explicit C<use utf8> -is needed.) +B<NOTE>: in Perl 5.6.0 it used to be that one needed to say C<use +utf8> to use any Unicode features. This is no more the case: for +almost all Unicode processing, the explicit C<utf8> pragma is not +needed. (The only case where it matters is if your Perl script is in +Unicode and encoded in UTF-8, then an explicit C<use utf8> is needed.) Figuring out the hexadecimal sequence of a Unicode character you want or deciphering someone else's hexadecimal Unicode regexp is about as |