\N is no longer experimental

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index ba09308..aa6474e 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here.
 However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics>
 section.
 
-=head3 L<XXX>
+=head3 L<perlrebackslash/\N>
 
 =over 4
 
 =item *
 
-XXX Description of the change here
+This feature is no longer experimental.
 
 =back
 

diff --git a/pod/perlexperiment.pod b/pod/perlexperiment.pod
index ad88c06..0f1a907 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlexperiment.pod
+++ b/pod/perlexperiment.pod
@@ -232,15 +232,6 @@ See also: L<perlre/"Special Backtracking Control Verbs">
 
 =item Code expressions, conditional expressions, and independent expressions in regexes
 
-=item The C<\N> regex character class
-
-The C<\N> character class, not to be confused with the named character
-sequence C<\N{NAME}>, denotes any non-newline character in a regular
-expression.
-
-Introduced in: Perl 5.12
-
-See also: 
 
 =item gv_try_downgrade
 
@@ -273,7 +264,13 @@ They are also awarded +5 Stability and +3 Charisma.
 
 =over 8
 
-=item (none yet identified)
+=item The C<\N> regex character class
+
+The C<\N> character class, not to be confused with the named character
+sequence C<\N{NAME}>, denotes any non-newline character in a regular
+expression.
+
+Introduced in: Perl 5.12
 
 =back
 

diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod
index 1609819..60173d6 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlre.pod
+++ b/pod/perlre.pod
@@ -642,8 +642,7 @@ X<\g> X<\k> X<\K> X<backreference>
   \g{name}  [5]  Named backreference
   \k<name>  [5]  Named backreference
   \K        [6]  Keep the stuff left of the \K, don't include it in $&
-  \N        [7]  Any character but \n (experimental).  Not affected by
-                   /s modifier
+  \N        [7]  Any character but \n.  Not affected by /s modifier
   \v        [3]  Vertical whitespace
   \V        [3]  Not vertical whitespace
   \h        [3]  Horizontal whitespace

diff --git a/pod/perlrebackslash.pod b/pod/perlrebackslash.pod
index a1e158a..c943b85 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlrebackslash.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrebackslash.pod
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ Mnemonic: I<K>eep.
 
 =item \N
 
-This is an experimental feature new to perl 5.12.0.  It matches any character
+This feature, available starting in v5.12,  matches any character
 that is B<not> a newline.  It is a short-hand for writing C<[^\n]>, and is
 identical to the C<.> metasymbol, except under the C</s> flag, which changes
 the meaning of C<.>, but not C<\N>.

diff --git a/pod/perlrecharclass.pod b/pod/perlrecharclass.pod
index da05ab1..681cd06 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlrecharclass.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrecharclass.pod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ the most well-known character class. By default, a dot matches any
 character, except for the newline. That default can be changed to
 add matching the newline by using the I<single line> modifier: either
 for the entire regular expression with the C</s> modifier, or
-locally with C<(?s)>.  (The experimental C<\N> backslash sequence, described
+locally with C<(?s)>.  (The C<\N> backslash sequence, described
 below, matches any character except newline without regard to the
 I<single line> modifier.)
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ character classes, see L<perlrebackslash>.)
 
 =head3 \N
 
-C<\N> is new in 5.12, and is experimental.  It, like the dot, matches any
+C<\N>, available starting in v5.12, like the dot, matches any
 character that is not a newline. The difference is that C<\N> is not influenced
 by the I<single line> regular expression modifier (see L</The dot> above).  Note
 that the form C<\N{...}> may mean something completely different.  When the

diff --git a/pod/perlreref.pod b/pod/perlreref.pod
index 83c1316..eb19e6c 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlreref.pod
+++ b/pod/perlreref.pod
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ and L<perlunicode> for details.
    \S      A non-whitespace character
    \h      An horizontal whitespace
    \H      A non horizontal whitespace
-   \N      A non newline (when not followed by '{NAME}'; experimental;
+   \N      A non newline (when not followed by '{NAME}';;
            not valid in a character class; equivalent to [^\n]; it's
            like '.' without /s modifier)
    \v      A vertical whitespace