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From:
Eric Brine
Date:
January 11, 2012 15:49
Subject:
Re: pack and ASCII
Message ID:
CALJW-qHx_y0_XGS=HhrzTg4pq7NFYuvKrsRpoxY0_rYtaTbSKw@mail.gmail.com
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Leon Timmermans <fawaka@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Eric Brine <ikegami@adaelis.com> wrote:
> > Perhaps you should fix *that* bug instead of trying to
> > change the function of C<< pack "A" >>. C<< pack "A" >> is documented to
> > work on text, and that's what it does. Obviously, it's never been
> limited to
> > 7-bit ASCII text inputs, but it's not limited to 8-bit text inputs
> either.
>
> Pack "a" on the other hand is documented as packing «A string with
> arbitrary binary data» ;-)
>

Yes, something else is different.

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