perlop, perlsyn: make abstract more verbose/precise #21435
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If you're looking for the syntax of Perl expressions or strings, you might think that "perlsyn - Perl syntax" is the document you need. But perlsyn is mostly about syntax at the statement level. Expressions (including how string literals are parsed, available escape sequences, etc) are documented in perlop instead. Hopefully, making the abstract slightly more verbose will make it easier for people to find the documentation they're looking for.
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If you're looking for the syntax of Perl expressions or strings, you might think that "perlsyn - Perl syntax" is the document you need. But perlsyn is mostly about syntax at the statement level. Expressions (including how string literals are parsed, available escape sequences, etc) are documented in perlop instead.
Hopefully, making the abstract slightly more verbose will make it easier for people to find the documentation they're looking for.