\X is equivalent to an atomic group

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diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod
index 015881b..c35b49f 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlre.pod
+++ b/pod/perlre.pod
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ X<word> X<whitespace> X<character class> X<backreference>
     \pP             Match P, named property.  Use \p{Prop} for longer names.
     \PP             Match non-P
     \X      Match eXtended Unicode "combining character sequence",
-             equivalent to (?:\PM\pM*)
+             equivalent to (?>\PM\pM*)
     \C      Match a single C char (octet) even under Unicode.
             NOTE: breaks up characters into their UTF-8 bytes,
             so you may end up with malformed pieces of UTF-8.

diff --git a/pod/perlunicode.pod b/pod/perlunicode.pod
index 61d62d2..bae97df 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlunicode.pod
+++ b/pod/perlunicode.pod
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ The special pattern C<\X> matches any extended Unicode
 sequence--"a combining character sequence" in Standardese--where the
 first character is a base character and subsequent characters are mark
 characters that apply to the base character.  C<\X> is equivalent to
-C<(?:\PM\pM*)>.
+C<< (?>\PM\pM*) >>.
 
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