perlop: why \c\ cannot be placed just before the terminating delimiter

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diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index f7ff074..ba2ff9f 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -1668,6 +1668,11 @@ Because the slash that terminated C<m//> was followed by a C<SPACE>,
 the example above is not C<m//x>, but rather C<m//> with no C</x>
 modifier.  So the embedded C<#> is interpreted as a literal C<#>.
 
+Also no attention is paid to C<\c\> during this search.
+Thus the second C<\> in C<qq/\c\/> is interpreted as a part of C<\/>,
+and the following C</> is not recognized as a delimiter.
+Instead, use C<\034> or C<\x1c> at the end of quoted constructs.
+
 =item Removal of backslashes before delimiters
 
 During the second pass, text between the starting and ending