Re: PATCH _67 (Doc) perlop.pod

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diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index fe6ba1e..b3202e5 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ the same character fore and aft, but the 4 sorts of brackets
     Customary  Generic        Meaning       Interpolates
        ''       q{}          Literal             no
        ""      qq{}          Literal             yes
-       ``      qx{}          Command             yes
+       ``      qx{}          Command             yes (unless '' is delimiter)
                qw{}         Word list            no
        //       m{}       Pattern match          yes
                 s{}{}      Substitution          yes
@@ -741,8 +741,11 @@ Options are:
     x  Use extended regular expressions.
 
 If "/" is the delimiter then the initial C<m> is optional.  With the C<m>
-you can use any pair of non-alphanumeric, non-whitespace characters as
-delimiters.  This is particularly useful for matching Unix path names
+you can use any pair of non-alphanumeric, non-whitespace characters 
+as delimiters (if single quotes are used, no interpretation is done
+on the replacement string. Unlike Perl 4, Perl 5 treats backticks as normal
+delimiters; the replacement text is not evaluated as a command).
+This is particularly useful for matching Unix path names
 that contain "/", to avoid LTS (leaning toothpick syndrome).  If "?" is
 the delimiter, then the match-only-once rule of C<?PATTERN?> applies.