If this proposal is accepted, \w will still not match the apostrophe character you use in coding (Ascii 0x27, unicode U+0027); Rather, it will match an apostrop

If this proposal is accepted, \w will still not match the apostrophe character you use in coding (Ascii 0x27, unicode U+0027); Rather, it will match an apostrophe character (U+02BC) that represents a part of a word, intended for conveying the semantics of the apostrophe when used in books and language, not in common code.