Upgrade Math::BigInt to version 1.98

[perl5.git] / pod / perlrebackslash.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlrebackslash.pod b/pod/perlrebackslash.pod
index a9257c7..9bab138 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlrebackslash.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrebackslash.pod
@@ -359,15 +359,17 @@ the character classes are written as a backslash sequence. We will briefly
 discuss those here; full details of character classes can be found in
 L<perlrecharclass>.
 
-C<\w> is a character class that matches any single I<word> character (letters,
-digits, underscore). C<\d> is a character class that matches any decimal digit,
-while the character class C<\s> matches any whitespace character.
+C<\w> is a character class that matches any single I<word> character
+(letters, digits, Unicode marks, and connector punctuation (like the
+underscore)).  C<\d> is a character class that matches any decimal
+digit, while the character class C<\s> matches any whitespace character.
 New in perl 5.10.0 are the classes C<\h> and C<\v> which match horizontal
 and vertical whitespace characters.
 
 The uppercase variants (C<\W>, C<\D>, C<\S>, C<\H>, and C<\V>) are
-character classes that match any character that isn't a word character,
-digit, whitespace, horizontal whitespace nor vertical whitespace.
+character classes that match, respectively, any character that isn't a
+word character, digit, whitespace, horizontal whitespace, or vertical
+whitespace.
 
 Mnemonics: I<w>ord, I<d>igit, I<s>pace, I<h>orizontal, I<v>ertical.
 
@@ -476,7 +478,7 @@ backslash sequences.
 =item \A
 
 C<\A> only matches at the beginning of the string. If the C</m> modifier
-isn't used, then C</\A/> is equivalent with C</^/>. However, if the C</m>
+isn't used, then C</\A/> is equivalent to C</^/>. However, if the C</m>
 modifier is used, then C</^/> matches internal newlines, but the meaning
 of C</\A/> isn't changed by the C</m> modifier. C<\A> matches at the beginning
 of the string regardless whether the C</m> modifier is used.
@@ -484,7 +486,7 @@ of the string regardless whether the C</m> modifier is used.
 =item \z, \Z
 
 C<\z> and C<\Z> match at the end of the string. If the C</m> modifier isn't
-used, then C</\Z/> is equivalent with C</$/>, that is, it matches at the
+used, then C</\Z/> is equivalent to C</$/>, that is, it matches at the
 end of the string, or before the newline at the end of the string. If the
 C</m> modifier is used, then C</$/> matches at internal newlines, but the
 meaning of C</\Z/> isn't changed by the C</m> modifier. C<\Z> matches at