In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/c8536afa2abc39d901062df19a839a4209513974?hp=2c515f74c15beadabf104e8616a276474a99977f>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit c8536afa2abc39d901062df19a839a4209513974 Author: Karl Williamson <[email protected]> Date: Sun Dec 19 10:53:58 2010 -0700 dump.c: correct pod statement ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: dump.c | 9 ++++----- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/dump.c b/dump.c index d778d41..e7ae8b7 100644 --- a/dump.c +++ b/dump.c @@ -239,11 +239,10 @@ then all chars below 255 will be treated as printable and will be output as literals. If PERL_PV_ESCAPE_FIRSTCHAR is set then only the first char of the -string will be escaped, regardles of max. If the string is utf8 and -the chars value is >255 then it will be returned as a plain hex -sequence. Thus the output will either be a single char, -an octal escape sequence, a special escape like C<\n> or a 3 or -more digit hex value. +string will be escaped, regardless of max. If the output is to be in hex, +then it will be returned as a plain hex +sequence. Thus the output will either be a single char, +an octal escape sequence, a special escape like C<\n> or a hex value. If PERL_PV_ESCAPE_RE is set then the escape char used will be a '%' and not a '\\'. This is because regexes very often contain backslashed -- Perl5 Master Repository
