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From:
Hugo
Date:
September 15, 2000 10:59
Subject:
Re: unicode support and perl
Message ID:
200009151800.TAA18728@crypt.compulink.co.uk
In <20000915181532.C6691@deep-dark-truthful-mirror.perlhacker.org>,
Simon Cozens writes:
:Substitution *is* broken and has been broken for a couple of months. I was
:under the impression that Hugo and MJD were looking into making the regexp
:engine more UTF8-happy, since there are a couple of fundamental *ahem* issues
:with it. I don't know if they've had time, but I tend to avoid the regexp
:engine like the plague and try and work on things that a mere mortal can
:comprehend. 

I am working on this; I hope to make some progress this weekend.

:[...] I've had that part of the torture test running fine here.

Is the torture test part of the distribution, or is that something you
keep locally? Since I have little understanding of U*, a ready made
test suite for me to aim at would be very helpful.

Hugo

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