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    From George Bouras@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 21 13:29:38 2021
    https://metacpan.org/release/HYDAHY/perl-5.33.6


    This means you can write things like S<C<\x{ FFFC }>> if you like. This
    applies to all such constructs, namely C<\b{}>, C<\g{}>, C<\k{}>,
    C<\N{}>, C<\o{}>, and C<\x{}>; as well as the regular expression
    quantifier C<{I<m>,I<n>}>. C<\p{}> and C<\P{}> retain their already-
    existing, even looser, rules mandated by the Unicode standard (see L<perluniprops/Properties accessible through \p{} and \P{}>).

    This ability is in effect regardless of the presence of the C</x>
    regular expression pattern modifier.

    Additionally, the comma in a regular expression braced quantifier may
    have blanks (tabs or spaces) before and/or after the comma, like
    S<C<qr/a{ 5, 7 }/>>.

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  • From Ben Bacarisse@21:1/5 to George Bouras on Thu Jan 21 13:18:20 2021
    George Bouras <foo@example.com> writes:

    https://metacpan.org/release/HYDAHY/perl-5.33.6

    This means you can write things like S<C<\x{ FFFC }>> if you

    ... Let's remove the markup so we can see what this is about in plain
    text:

    This means you can write things like \x{ FFFC } if you
    like. This applies to all such constructs, namely \b{}, \g{},
    \k{}, \N{}, \o{}, and \x{}; as well as the regular
    expression quantifier {m,n}. \p{} and \P{} retain their
    already-existing, even looser, rules mandated by the Unicode standard
    (see perluniprops/Properties accessible through \p{} and \P{}).

    This ability is in effect regardless of the presence of the /x
    regular expression pattern modifier.

    Additionally, the comma in a regular expression braced quantifier may
    have blanks (tabs or spaces) before and/or after the comma, like
    qr/a{ 5, 7 }/.

    Is that better?

    It just means that spaces can appear inside those regular expression
    construct that use curly brackets.

    --
    Ben.

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  • From Eli the Bearded@21:1/5 to ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk on Thu Jan 21 19:33:25 2021
    In comp.lang.perl.misc, Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
    George Bouras <foo@example.com> writes:
    https://metacpan.org/release/HYDAHY/perl-5.33.6

    This means you can write things like S<C<\x{ FFFC }>> if you
    ... Let's remove the markup so we can see what this is about in plain
    text:
    [snip]
    Is that better?

    It just means that spaces can appear inside those regular expression construct that use curly brackets.

    Well, the two lines in the original above where George's quote begins
    also help:

    Blanks freely allowed within but adjacent to curly braces
    (in double-quotish contexts and regular expression patterns)

    So anywhere that you use syntactically significant {} in regular
    expressions AND double-quotish now allow whitespace inside the {}
    with the "adjacent to curly braces" caveat.

    Elijah
    ------
    new and exciting ways to break Perl syntax highlighters

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  • From George Bouras@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 1 13:58:48 2021
    thanks guys

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