Changeset 23239

Timestamp:

01/31/06 00:39:52 (3 years ago)

Author:

larry

Message:

Documented \c[NAMED CHAR].

Files:

• doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod (modified) (2 diffs)

doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod

@@ -13 +13 @@
   Maintainer: Larry Wall <larry@wall.org>
   Date: 10 Aug 2004
-  Last Modified: 23 Nov 2005
+  Last Modified: 30 Jan 2006
   Number: 2
-  Version: 13
+  Version: 14
 
 This document summarizes Apocalypse 2, which covers small-scale
@@ -1170 +1170 @@
 =item *
 
+You may interpolate any Unicode codepoint by name using C<\c> and square brackets:
+
+    "\c[NEGATED DOUBLE VERTICAL BAR DOUBLE RIGHT TURNSTILE]"
+
+Multiple codepoints constituting a single may be interpolated with
+a single C<\c> by separating the names with comma:
+
+    "\c[LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A, COMBINING RING ABOVE]"
+
+Whether that is regarded as one character or two depends on the
+Unicode support level of the current lexical scope.  It is also possible to
+interpolate multiple codepoints that do not resolve to a single
+character:
+
+    "\c[LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A, LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B]"
+
+[Note: none of the official Unicode character names contains comma.]
+
+=item *
+
 There are no barewords in Perl 6.  An undeclared bare identifier will
 always be taken to mean a subroutine or method name.  (Class names