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From:
Karl Williamson
Date:
December 5, 2015 23:41
Subject:
Obsolete text in utf8.pm
Message ID:
566372EB.9000708@khwilliamson.com
What of the following is still true?
One can have UTF-8 in identifier names, but not in package/class or
subroutine names. While some limited functionality towards this does
exist as of Perl 5.8.0, that is more accidental than designed; use of
UTF-8 for the said purposes is unsupported.
One reason of this unfinishedness is its (currently) inherent
unportability: since both package names and subroutine names may need
to be mapped to file and directory names, the Unicode capability of
the filesystem becomes important-- and there unfortunately aren't
portable answers.
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Obsolete text in utf8.pm
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