From: Jeffrey Friedl <jfriedl@regex.info>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 22:59:25 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Re: [ID 20010720.010] WHere's [:isprint:]?
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Re: [ID 20010720.010] WHere's [:isprint:]?
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p4raw-id: //depot/perl@11440
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diff --git a/ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod b/ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod
index 992b2e5..350f897 100644
--- a/ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod
+++ b/ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ C</[[:graph:]]/> construct instead.
 
 This is identical to the C function, except that it can apply to a single
 character or to a whole string.  Consider using regular expressions and the
-C</[[:lower:]]/> construct instead.  Do B<not> use C</a-z/>.
+C</[[:lower:]]/> construct instead.  Do B<not> use C</[a-z]/>.
 
 =item isprint
 
@@ -636,12 +636,15 @@ C</[[:punct:]]/> construct instead.
 This is identical to the C function, except that it can apply to a single
 character or to a whole string.  Consider using regular expressions and the
 C</[[:space:]]/> construct instead, or the C</\s/> construct.
+(Note that C</\s/> and C</[[:space:]]/> are slightly different in that
+C</[[:space:]]/> can normally match a vertical tab, while C</\s/> does
+not.)
 
 =item isupper
 
 This is identical to the C function, except that it can apply to a single
 character or to a whole string.  Consider using regular expressions and the
-C</[[:upper:]]/> construct instead.  Do B<not> use C</A-Z/>.
+C</[[:upper:]]/> construct instead.  Do B<not> use C</[A-Z]/>.
 
 =item isxdigit