[Perl/perl5] 9a4a02: The \a character means 'alert', not 'alarm'

[email protected] (Karl Williamson via perl5-changes) Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:48:45 -0700

Newsgroups	perl.perl5.changes
Message-ID	<Perl/perl5/push/refs/heads/blead/[email protected]>

  Branch: refs/heads/blead
  Home:   https://github.com/Perl/perl5
  Commit: 9a4a02cf584365f416c30b5b4037fe621efbe686
      https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/9a4a02cf584365f416c30b5b4037fe621efbe686
  Author: Karl Williamson <[email protected]>
  Date:   2026-04-13 (Mon, 13 Apr 2026)

  Changed paths:
    M pod/perlop.pod
    M pod/perlre.pod
    M pod/perlrebackslash.pod
    M pod/perlreref.pod

  Log Message:
  -----------
  The \a character means 'alert', not 'alarm'

These pods used the wrong name.  The C standard calls it 'alert'



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