word A Perl extension ("[A-Za-z0-9_]"), equivalent to "\w".
xdigit Any hexadecimal digit ("[0-9a-fA-F]").
+Like the L<Unicode properties|/Unicode Properties>, most of the POSIX
+properties match the same regardless of whether case-insensitive (C</i>)
+matching is in effect or not. The two exceptions are C<[:upper:]> and
+C<[:lower:]>. Under C</i>, they each match the union of C<[:upper:]> and
+C<[:lower:]>.
+
Most POSIX character classes have two Unicode-style C<\p> property
counterparts. (They are not official Unicode properties, but Perl extensions
derived from official Unicode properties.) The table below shows the relation
Control characters don't produce output as such, but instead usually control
the terminal somehow: for example, newline and backspace are control characters.
-In the ASCII range, characters whose code points are between 0 and 31 inclusive,
-plus 127 (C<DEL>) are control characters.
+On ASCII platforms, in the ASCII range, characters whose code points are
+between 0 and 31 inclusive, plus 127 (C<DEL>) are control characters; on
+EBCDIC platforms, their counterparts are control characters.
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