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Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > However, not every string can >be downgraded, so perl would then have to throw an exception when >trying to invoke an XSUB that uses `char *` when called with >a non-downgradeable string. Is that a good idea? Yes, that's a good idea. An xsub using a "char *" arg type isn't prepared to receive characters above U+ff. This should cleanly die, not silently do the wrong thing. -zeframThread Previous | Thread Next