in reply to What is a 'named property'? (perlre)

In over my head here, but searching further down in perlre:
POSIX trad. Perl utf8 Perl [:^digit:] \D \P{IsDigit} [:^space:] \S \P{IsSpace} [:^word:] \W \P{IsWord}
and also:
See the utf8 manpage for details about `\pP', `\PP', and `\X'.
update: searching in the perlunicode manpage yields:
· Named Unicode properties and block ranges make be used as character classes via the new `\p{}' (matches property) and `\P{}' (doesn't match property) constructs. For instance, `\p{Lu}' matches any character with the Unicode uppercase property, while `\p{M}' matches any mark character. Single letter properties may omit the brackets, so that can be written `\pM' also. Many predefined character classes are available, such as `\p{IsMirrored}' and `\p{InTibetan}'.

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)