In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/4d46f4a978a4e14d7a22755ae92155f5e728bcf9?hp=74ca8c9e1838915d63d9881cdb7d5fa2adc383df>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 4d46f4a978a4e14d7a22755ae92155f5e728bcf9 Author: Karl Williamson <[email protected]> Date: Mon May 22 09:29:43 2017 -0600 perldelta: Collapse "Removed Deprecations" I just added this section in 1f81bc188d3574dfda690659ebeed2bdc92a42d6, but on further contemplation, I think it makes more sense to just have the "Deprecations" section deal with anything regarding deprecations. It is short, and undeprecating something is rare, and I have revised the entry so it makes sense being in the plain "Deprecations" section. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perldelta.pod | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 39efba65e0..fc7885aed2 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -472,13 +472,16 @@ delimiter that isn't a grapheme by itself. These are unlikely to exist in actual code, as they would typically display as attached to the character in front of them. -=head1 Removed Deprecations - -The C<\cI<X>> construct is intended to be a way to specify non-printable -characters. Previously it was deprecated to use it for a printable one, -which is better written as simply itself, perhaps preceded by a -backslash for non-word characters. Now this raises a warning, but not a -deprecation. See +=head2 C<\cI<X>> that maps to a printable is no longer deprecated + +This means we have no plans to remove this feature. It still raises a +warning, but only if syntax warnings are enabled. The feature was +originally intended to be a way to express non-printable characters that +don't have a mnemonic (C<\t> and C<\n> are mnemonics for two +non-printable characters, but most non-printables don't have a +mnemonic.) But the feature can be used to specify a few printable +characters, though those are more clearly expressed as the printable +itself. See L<http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2017/02/msg242944.html>. =head1 Performance Enhancements -- Perl5 Master Repository
