Change 14771 by jhi@alpha on 2002/02/19 14:03:08
Mention that the case-switchers know about Unicode, too.
Affected files ...
.... //depot/perl/pod/perlop.pod#100 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/pod/perlop.pod#100 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlop.pod
--- perl/pod/perlop.pod.~1~ Tue Feb 19 07:15:05 2002
+++ perl/pod/perlop.pod Tue Feb 19 07:15:05 2002
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@
\x1b hex char (ESC)
\x{263a} wide hex char (SMILEY)
\c[ control char (ESC)
- \N{name} named char
+ \N{name} named Unicode character
The following escape sequences are available in constructs that interpolate
but not in transliterations.
@@ -721,9 +721,12 @@
\E end case modification
\Q quote non-word characters till \E
-If C<use locale> is in effect, the case map used by C<\l>, C<\L>, C<\u>
-and C<\U> is taken from the current locale. See L<perllocale>. For
-documentation of C<\N{name}>, see L<charnames>.
+If C<use locale> is in effect, the case map used by C<\l>, C<\L>,
+C<\u> and C<\U> is taken from the current locale. See L<perllocale>.
+If Unicode (for example, C<\N{}> or wide hex characters of 0x100 or
+beyond) is being used, the case map used by C<\l>, C<\L>, C<\u> and
+C<\U> is as defined by Unicode. For documentation of C<\N{name}>,
+see L<charnames>.
All systems use the virtual C<"\n"> to represent a line terminator,
called a "newline". There is no such thing as an unvarying, physical
End of Patch.
