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Larry Wall writes:
> print "\N{WHITE SMILING FACE}";
>
> produces
>
> constant(\N{...}): %^H is not localized at - line 2, within string
>
> Talk about obscure error messages!
You got what you paid for! Obscure bugs cause obscure messages!
I think the error message it wants-to/should produce is
No \N{} translation rule set. Did you 'use charnames'? at...
[But due to a bug another error message intervenes first.] With the
current wording it might have produced:
constant(\N{WHITE SMILING FACE}): %^H is not defined at...
Ilya