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On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 01:02:07PM -0800, Peter Prymmer wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
>
> > > > > $ uname -a
> > > > > OS/390 LPR28 08.00 02 9672
> > > > > $ perl -e '$_=qq/\x8E/; print/[\x89-\x91]/, q/,/ ,tr/\x89-\x91//d'
> > > > > ,0$
> > > >
> > > > > (that was perl 5.005_03 FWIW)
> > > >
> > > > Well it means that character ranges and even transliterations
> > > > are essentially broken when you try to use them for working on
> > > > binary data.
> > >
> > > Yes it does. This BTW looks like a good candidate for a regression test.
> >
> > What does the thing output for you in OS/390 using bleadperl?
>
> I wasn't able to answer that right away since today was declared LPAR
> switch day by our sys admins, but I now have a 8892 kit rebuilt on R2.8 (a
> bit later vinatage than the 2.5 I was reporting on before) and here is
> the result:
>
> $ perl -e '$_=qq/\x8E/; print/[\x89-\x91]/, q/,/ ,tr/\x89-\x91//d'
> ,0$
>
> basically the same as with 5.005_03. Were you expecting otherwise?
More like wishfully thinking.
> Peter Prymmer
>
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