Author: larry
Date: Mon Jul 9 09:29:45 2007
New Revision: 14427
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod
Log:
Clarify syntax and semantics of double quotes in patterns.
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod Mon Jul 9 09:29:45 2007
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
Maintainer: Patrick Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and
Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 24 Jun 2002
- Last Modified: 16 May 2007
+ Last Modified: 9 Jul 2007
Number: 5
- Version: 59
+ Version: 60
This document summarizes Apocalypse 5, which is about the new regex
syntax. We now try to call them I<regex> rather than "regular
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@
Sequences of one or more glyphs of either type (i.e. any glyphs at all)
may be made literal by placing them inside single quotes. (Double
-quotes are also allowed, with the usual interpolative semantics.)
+quotes are also allowed, with the same interpolative semantics as
+the current language in which the regex is lexically embedded.)
Quotes create a quantifiable atom, so while
moose*
