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Correct \p{print} to not match LINE SEPARATOR nor PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR
authorKarl Williamson <khw@khw-desktop.(none)>
Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:38:38 +0000 (16:38 -0700)
committerAbigail <abigail@abigail.be>
Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:29:35 +0000 (12:29 +0100)
commitae5b72c8252f1f9074e08de2e76de013c8021084
tree10435e792c301c5038fdb73fc27f4972a706cf66
parentc088ef569318bbdc082566d3567bbf231adc5267
Correct \p{print} to not match LINE SEPARATOR nor PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR

The Unicode Standard defines (as a recommendation) that Print be based on
graphical characters and blank characters (minus controls).  Perl's has been
based on space rather than blank. The only practical effect this has is that
Perl erroneously matches the LINE SEPARATOR and PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR, which
clearly are not printable characters.

Signed-off-by: Abigail <abigail@abigail.be>
lib/unicore/mktables
pod/perlunicode.pod