Author: larry
Date: Thu Jan 10 11:51:20 2008
New Revision: 14484
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod
Log:
Added :ii and :bb substitution modifiers as suggested by ruoso++
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod
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--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod Thu Jan 10 11:51:20 2008
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
Maintainer: Patrick Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and
Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 24 Jun 2002
- Last Modified: 28 Dec 2007
+ Last Modified: 10 Jan 2008
Number: 5
- Version: 69
+ Version: 70
This document summarizes Apocalypse 5, which is about the new regex
syntax. We now try to call them I<regex> rather than "regular
@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@
ignored in its lexical scope, but not in its dynamic scope. That is,
subrules always use their own case settings.
+The C<:ii> variant may be used on a substitution to change the
+substituted string to the same case pattern as the matched string.
+Case info is carried across on a character by character basis. If
+the right string is longer than the left one, the case of the final
+character is replicated.
+
=item *
The C<:b> (or C<:basechar>) modifier scopes exactly like C<:ignorecase>
@@ -202,6 +208,12 @@
includes all ignored characters, including any that follow the final
base character.
+The C<:bb> variant may be used on a substitution to change the
+substituted string to the same accent pattern as the matched string.
+Accent info is carried across on a character by character basis. If
+the right string is longer than the left one, the remaining characters
+are substituted without any modification.
+
=item *
The C<:c> (or C<:continue>) modifier causes the pattern to continue
