Perl6 RFC Librarian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> However, lack of C<\v> represents a special case for a C programmer to
> learn. C<\v> isn't used for anything else in double quoted strings, nor
> is it used in regular expressions, so it won't require removal of an
> existing feature to add it. Currently a C<\v> in a double quoted strings
> will be treated as C<v>, with a warning about unknown escape issued if
> warnings are in force.
> Vertical tab was also omitted from the range of characters considered
> whitespace by C<\s> in regular expressions.
Just out of curiosity, and I'm not objecting to this RFC, has anyone
reading this mailing list actually intentionally used a vertical tab for
something related to its supposed purpose in the past ten years?
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Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
