From: Karl Williamson <public@khwilliamson.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 04:37:26 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: perlrecharclass: Fix defn of [:word:]
X-Git-Tag: v5.17.7~144
X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/commitdiff_plain/41805eb96d4ab7da622f82f6104ab8fa95527f33

perlrecharclass: Fix defn of [:word:]
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diff --git a/pod/perlrecharclass.pod b/pod/perlrecharclass.pod
index 7dafc54..7478932 100644
--- a/pod/perlrecharclass.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrecharclass.pod
@@ -140,11 +140,12 @@ Any character not matched by C<\d> is matched by C<\D>.
 =head3 Word characters
 
 A C<\w> matches a single alphanumeric character (an alphabetic character, or a
-decimal digit) or a connecting punctuation character, such as an
-underscore ("_").  It does not match a whole word.  To match a whole
-word, use C<\w+>.  This isn't the same thing as matching an English word, but
-in the ASCII range it is the same as a string of Perl-identifier
-characters.
+decimal digit); or a connecting punctuation character, such as an
+underscore ("_"); or a "mark" character (like some sort of accent) that
+attaches to one of those.  It does not match a whole word.  To match a
+whole word, use C<\w+>.  This isn't the same thing as matching an
+English word, but in the ASCII range it is the same as a string of
+Perl-identifier characters.
 
 =over