Glenn Linderman skribis 2008-05-21 10:17 (-0700): > So where are the places where perl string operations need bytes? O (of > I/O) springs to mind. Everything involving system calls or C level calls that aren't specifically wrapped to deal with Unicode. > So if it is cheap to add a flag to prevent upgrades, and produce errors > or warnings at the point of upgrade attempts, maybe that is OK, but > correct code wouldn't need the checks, as far as I can see. I agree that correct code wouldn't need the checks. That is: if an API is correctly designed. However, if the API is already set in stone, giving this single bit of metadata to a string can really help to improve existing modules. -- Met vriendelijke groet, Kind regards, Korajn salutojn, Juerd Waalboer: Perl hacker <#####@juerd.nl> <http://juerd.nl/sig> Convolution: ICT solutions and consultancy <sales@convolution.nl> 1;Thread Previous | Thread Next