\N is no longer experimental

[perl5.git] / pod / perldelta.pod

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 87e2215..aa6474e 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
 [ this is a template for a new perldelta file.  Any text flagged as XXX needs
 to be processed before release. ]
 
-perldelta - what is new for perl v5.17.9
+perldelta - what is new for perl v5.17.10
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This document describes differences between the 5.17.8 release and the 5.17.9
+This document describes differences between the 5.17.9 release and the 5.17.10
 release.
 
-If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.17.7, first read
-L<perl5178delta>, which describes differences between 5.17.7 and 5.17.8.
+If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.17.8, first read
+L<perl5179delta>, which describes differences between 5.17.8 and 5.17.9.
 
 =head1 Notice
 
@@ -53,21 +53,6 @@ an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
 
 [ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
 
-=head2 Five additional characters should be escaped in patterns with C</x>
-
-When a regular expression pattern is compiled with C</x>, Perl treats 6
-characters as white space to ignore, such as SPACE and TAB.  However,
-Unicode recommends 11 characters be treated thusly.  In preparation to
-conforming with this in a future Perl version, in the meantime, use of
-any of the missing characters will raise a deprecation warning, unless
-turned off.  The five characters are:
-U+0085 NEXT LINE,
-U+200E LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK,
-U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK,
-U+2028 LINE SEPARATOR,
-and
-U+2029 PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR.
-
 =head1 Performance Enhancements
 
 XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here.
@@ -144,13 +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
 
@@ -359,7 +344,7 @@ here.
 
 XXX Generate this with:
 
-  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.17.8..HEAD
+  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.17.9..HEAD
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs