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Re: [perl #79880] PATCH: Add Unicode semantics for /iu matching forliteral strings

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From:
karl williamson
Date:
November 27, 2010 21:30
Subject:
Re: [perl #79880] PATCH: Add Unicode semantics for /iu matching forliteral strings
Message ID:
4CF1E904.1030808@khwilliamson.com
karl williamson (via RT) wrote:
> # New Ticket Created by  karl williamson 
> # Please include the string:  [perl #79880]
> # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. 
> # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=79880 >
> 
> 
> This series of commits causes the regex engine to understand the /u 
> modifier on literal strings when /i is used.  These generate EXACTish 
> regnodes.
> 
> It does this by establishing a new node type, EXACTFU which implies 
> using Unicode semantics.
> 
> Still remaining to be done in /iu are backreferences and tries.
> 
> These commits are also available at:
> git://github.com/khwilliamson/perl.git
> branch folding
> 

I forgot to mention that I didn't change the perldelta or other pods 
because I'm waiting to finish the coding with the final two components, 
and then will document everything at once

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