> This will make a difference how we write regexes. Look at the level 1 properties: > [\p{letter} \p{decimal number}] > And compare for instance to the POS

> This will make a difference how we write regexes. Look at the level 1 properties: > [\p{letter} \p{decimal number}] > And compare for instance to the POSIX regexp character classes > [[:alpha:] [:digit:]] No need for the future tense; Perl's had that at least since v5.12: http://perldoc.perl.org/5.12.0/perldelta.html#Unicode-overhaul http://perldoc.perl.org/5.12.0/perldelta.html#Unicode-overha... .