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The 5.14.0 perldelta reads:
Change in the parsing of identifiers
Characters outside the Unicode "XIDStart" set are no
longer allowed at the beginning of an identifier. This
means that certain accents and marks that normally follow
an alphabetic character may no longer be the first
character of an identifier.
Should we say something further regarding which version we're talking about?
Is the following true, accurate, comprehensive (=didn't forget something), and
meets with the conformance requirements outlined further below?
Apart from punctuation variables of length one, Perl identifiers must
begin with a character that has either the Unicode XID_Start (XIDS)
property or which has the Unicode General_Category property value
Connector_Punctuation (GC=Pc). Any following characters must have the
Unicode XID_Continue (XIDC) property. GC=Pc, XIDS, and XIDC are
defined according to whichever version of the Unicode Standard is
currently supported by Perl, which as of this writing is Unicode 6.0.0.
I write that in light of TUS's chapter 3 on Conformance claims:
References to Unicode Character Properties
Properties and property values have defined names and abbreviations, such as
Property: General_Category (gc)
Property Value: Uppercase_Letter (Lu)
To reference a given property and property value, these aliases are used, as in this example:
The property value Uppercase_Letter from the General_Category prop-
erty, as specified in Version 6.0.0 of the Unicode Standard.
Then cite that version of the standard, using the standard citation format that is provided
for each version of the Unicode Standard.
When referencing multi-word properties or property values, it is permissible to omit the
underscores in these aliases or to replace them by spaces.
When referencing a Unicode character property, it is customary to prepend the word "Uni-
code" to the name of the property, unless it is clear from context that the Unicode Standard
is the source of the specification.
That doesn't talk about $main::sail or $main'sail, but the package separator
is a different matter.
--tom
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