Document new escapes in perldelta

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@31276

diff --git a/pod/perl595delta.pod b/pod/perl595delta.pod
index 5c1ef23..d0f37a8 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perl595delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl595delta.pod
@@ -172,6 +172,15 @@ that can now be converted to
 
 which is much more efficient. (Yves Orton)
 
+=item Vertical and horizontal whitespace, and linebreak
+
+Regular expressions now recognize the C<\v> and C<\h> escapes, that match
+vertical and horizontal whitespace, respectively. C<\V> and C<\H>
+logically match their complements.
+
+C<\R> matches a generic linebreak, that is, horizontal whitespace, plus
+the multi-character sequence C<"\x0D\x0A">.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 The C<_> prototype