From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:13:21 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add a perldelta note about the change #6024, pointed out by Sarathy.
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Add a perldelta note about the change #6024, pointed out by Sarathy.

p4raw-link: @6024 on //depot/perl: 7e84c16c57fe111372685c242980ee41cdbe1d3e

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7345
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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 4c2da90..613556a 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ since it, in a way, falsely promised that the features could be used.
 
 =item *
 
+The (bogus) escape sequences \8, \9, and \_ now give an optional
+warning ("Unrecognized escape passed through").  There is no need
+to \-escape any C<\w> character.
+
+=item *
+
 lstat(FILEHANDLE) now gives a warning because the operation makes no sense.
 In future releases this may become a fatal error.