character in the Latin-1 range (128..255) should be written C<\x{ab}>
rather than C<\xab>, since the former will turn into a two-byte UTF-8
code, while the latter will continue to be interpreted as generating a
-8-bit byte rather than a character. In fact, if -w is turned on, it will
+8-bit byte rather than a character. In fact, if C<-w> is turned on, it will
produce a warning that you might be generating invalid UTF-8.
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Regular expressions match characters instead of bytes. For instance,
-"." matches a character instead of a byte. (However, the C<\O> pattern
-is provided to force a match a single byte ("octet", hence C<\O>).)
+"." matches a character instead of a byte. (However, the C<\C> pattern
+is provided to force a match a single byte ("C<char>" in C, hence
+C<\C>).)
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