\l Lowercase next character. Not in [].
\L Lowercase till \E. Not in [].
\n (Logical) newline character.
- \N Any character but newline. Not in [].
+ \N Any character but newline. Experimental. Not in [].
\N{} Named or numbered (Unicode) character.
\p{}, \pP Character with the given Unicode property.
\P{}, \PP Character without the given Unicode property.
Mnemonic: I<N>amed character.
-Note that a character that is expressed as a named character is considered
-as a character without special meaning by the regex engine, and will match
-"as is".
+Note that a character that is expressed as a named or numbered character is
+considered as a character without special meaning by the regex engine, and will
+match "as is".
=head4 Example
=item \N
-This is new in perl 5.12.0. It matches any character that is not a newline.
-It is a short-hand for writing C<[^\n]>, and is identical to the C<.>
-metasymbol, except under the C</s> flag, which changes the meaning of C<.>, but
-not C<\N>.
+This is a new experimental feature in perl 5.12.0. It matches any character
+that is not a newline. It is a short-hand for writing C<[^\n]>, and is
+identical to the C<.> metasymbol, except under the C</s> flag, which changes
+the meaning of C<.>, but not C<\N>.
Note that C<\N{...}> can mean a
L<named or numbered character|/Named or numbered characters>.