[perl #90646] perlop doesn't document bitwise &, |, and ^ on Unicode strings

On Sun May 15 14:40:48 2011, tom christiansen wrote:
> The misplaced discussion in perlop on 3 out of the 4 bitwise operators'
> behaviour on "bitstrings" is insufficient.  It is suggesting things
> that are not true.  

Can you elaborate?

> 
> Two things need to happen:
> 
>     (1) That material needs to be next to the operators, 
> 	not someplace else.
> 
>     (2) It needs to explain that strings are not literal bitstrings 
> 	comprising literal bits but rather comprising logical characters.
> 
> 	% perl -le 'printf "%vX\n", "abc" ^ "\x{3b1}\x{1066}\x{11222}"'
> 	3D0.1004.11241
> 
> --tom

Better still, can you supply a patch?

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan


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• [perl #90646] perlop doesn't document bitwise &, |, and ^ on Unicode strings by James E Keenan via RT
• [perl #90646] perlop doesn't document bitwise &, |, and ^ on Unicode strings by James E Keenan via RT
• [perl #90646] perlop doesn't document bitwise &, |, and ^ on Unicode strings by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• Re: [perl #90646] perlop doesn't document bitwise &, |, and ^ onUnicode strings by Eric Brine