Give pointers to runtime Unicode changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@18848

diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod
index 8f7f5af..7c5b6ba 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlrun.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrun.pod
@@ -305,13 +305,14 @@ C<open()> layer are UTF-8-fied B<but> only if the locale environment
 variables indicate a UTF-8 locale.  This behaviour follows the
 I<implicit> (and problematic) UTF-8 behaviour of Perl 5.8.0.
 
-You can use C<-C0> (or C<"0"> for $ENV{PERL_UNICODE} ) to explicitly
+You can use C<-C0> (or C<"0"> for $ENV{PERL_UNICODE}) to explicitly
 disable all the above Unicode features.
 
-See L<perlfunc/open>, and L<open> for more information.
-
 The read-only magic variable C<${^UNICODE}> reflects the numeric value
-of this setting, see L<perlvar/"${^UNICODE}">.
+of this setting.  This is variable is set during Perl startup and is
+thereafter read-only.  If you want runtime effects, use the three-arg
+open() (see L<perlfunc/open), the two-arg binmode() (see L<perlfunc/binmode>),
+and the C<open> pragma (see L<open>).
 
 (In Perls earlier than 5.8.1 the C<-C> switch was a Win32-only switch
 that enabled the use of Unicode-aware "wide system call" Win32 APIs.

diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
index a4e8895..df456cb 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlvar.pod
+++ b/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -1117,9 +1117,10 @@ B<-t> or B<-TU>).  This variable is read-only.
 
 =item ${^UNICODE}
 
-Reflects certain Unicode settings of Perl.  See L<perlrun> for more
-information about the possible values. This variable is set during
-Perl startup and thereafter read-only.
+Reflects certain Unicode settings of Perl.  See L<perlrun>
+documentation for the C<-C> switch for more information about
+the possible values. This variable is set during Perl startup
+and is thereafter read-only.
 
 =item $PERL_VERSION