[ID 20000602.005] [PATCH]5.6.0 (DOC) tiny change to perlsyn.pod

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perlre.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod
index 2db4139..15e58c1 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlre.pod
+++ b/pod/perlre.pod
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ You'll need to write something like C<m/\Quser\E\@\Qhost/>.
 In addition, Perl defines the following:
 
     \w Match a "word" character (alphanumeric plus "_")
-    \W Match a non-word character
+    \W Match a non-"word" character
     \s Match a whitespace character
     \S Match a non-whitespace character
     \d Match a digit character
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ In addition, Perl defines the following:
         equivalent to C<(?:\PM\pM*)>
     \C Match a single C char (octet) even under utf8.
 
-A C<\w> matches a single alphanumeric character, not a whole word.
+A C<\w> matches a single alphanumeric character or C<_>, not a whole word.
 Use C<\w+> to match a string of Perl-identifier characters (which isn't 
 the same as matching an English word).  If C<use locale> is in effect, the
 list of alphabetic characters generated by C<\w> is taken from the
@@ -254,15 +254,15 @@ backspace are control characters.  All characters with ord() less than
 
 =item graph
 
-Any alphanumeric or punctuation character.
+Any alphanumeric or punctuation (special) character.
 
 =item print
 
-Any alphanumeric or punctuation character or space.
+Any alphanumeric or punctuation (special) character or space.
 
 =item punct
 
-Any punctuation character.
+Any punctuation (special) character.
 
 =item xdigit
 
@@ -377,10 +377,11 @@ that looks like \\, \(, \), \<, \>, \{, or \} is always
 interpreted as a literal character, not a metacharacter.  This was
 once used in a common idiom to disable or quote the special meanings
 of regular expression metacharacters in a string that you want to
-use for a pattern. Simply quote all non-alphanumeric characters:
+use for a pattern. Simply quote all non-"word" characters:
 
     $pattern =~ s/(\W)/\\$1/g;
 
+(If C<use locale> is set, then this depends on the current locale.)
 Today it is more common to use the quotemeta() function or the C<\Q>
 metaquoting escape sequence to disable all metacharacters' special
 meanings like this: