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diff --git a/pod/perlunicode.pod b/pod/perlunicode.pod index bebf7aadec..bc880364d3 100644 --- a/pod/perlunicode.pod +++ b/pod/perlunicode.pod @@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ or from literals and constants in the source text. Later, in L</Character encodings for input and output>, we'll see how such inputs may be marked as being Unicode character data sources. -If the C<$^U> global flag is set to C<1>, all system calls will use the +If the C<-C> command line switch is used, (or the ${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS} +global flag is set to C<1>), all system calls will use the corresponding wide character APIs. This is currently only implemented -on Windows. [XXX: Should there be a -C switch to enable $^U?] +on Windows. Regardless of the above, the C<byte> pragma can always be used to force byte semantics in a particular lexical scope. See L<byte>. @@ -226,6 +227,6 @@ tend to run slower. Avoidance of locales is strongly encouraged. =head1 SEE ALSO -L<byte>, L<utf8>, L<perlvar/"$^U"> +L<byte>, L<utf8>, L<perlvar/"${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}"> =cut |