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Re: [perl #20871] POSIX::isgraph, POSIX::isprint

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hv
Date:
February 12, 2003 18:32
Subject:
Re: [perl #20871] POSIX::isgraph, POSIX::isprint
Message ID:
200302130233.h1D2XkG02196@crypt.compulink.co.uk
"martien.verbruggen@tradingpost.com.au (via RT)" <perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:
:POSIX::isprint, POSIX::isgraph and POSIX::isspace are not working as
:advertised, and are working differently from the character classes
:[[::print:]], [[:graph:]] and [[:space:]]. The following test program
:displays the wrong result on both Solaris 8 and linux (redhat 8):

Thanks for the report. This is a known problem with the POSIX::is*
functions under perl-5.8.0; they have been fixed in the latest
development sources, I think by change #17805.

Hugo

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