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From:
Linda W
Date:
May 3, 2012 04:30
Subject:
Re: unicode question
Message ID:
4FA26C3D.3090709@tlinx.org
Alexander Hartmaier wrote:
> use open ':std' => ':locale';
> Interesting! Looks like a good default for cli scripts/apps (that 
> never take binary data as input).
>
> Doesn't that solve your problem, Linda?
It might... but that perl isn't bright enough to follow standards and 
use it automatically on STDIO to a char device is not a 
user-friendly/program friendly default, IMO.

But I realize that user-friendly is one of the last things in mind when 
it comes
to perl.

;-/


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