In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/ba6e05cf4bd2843ce3e50128990edc530f65f044?hp=d66eeb143eea4eb6bc1816f15423032e6511262b>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit ba6e05cf4bd2843ce3e50128990edc530f65f044 Author: Karl Williamson <[email protected]> Date: Mon Dec 21 08:38:38 2015 -0700 perldelta for case changing on caseless language ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perldelta.pod | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 41d3cc8..d3c4839 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -118,7 +118,12 @@ There may well be none in a stable release. =item * -XXX +Many languages, such as Chinese, are caseless. Perl now knows about +most modern commercially important ones, and skips much of the work when +a program tries to change case in them (like C<ucfirst()>) or match +caselessly (C<qr//i>). This will speed up a program, such as a web +server, that can operate on multiple languages, while operating on a +caseless one. =back -- Perl5 Master Repository
