[perl #129849] utf8 only in vars? (perldoc utf8)

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This is a bug report for perl from perl-diddler@tlinx.org,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.40 running under perl 5.22.0.


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[Please describe your issue here]

In the file lib/utf8.pm, it says, under BUGS:

   One can have Unicode 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
   Unicode for the said purposes is unsupported.
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Hasn't perl's unicode support come a bit farther than what was
provided in 5.8.0?  I was under the impression that any "valid-for-class"
UTF-8 characters were available for use anywhere in a source
that had a 'use utf8' in its "header"?  

I've been using it it in functions and variable names for years
now (though haven't tried it with classes/packages, I'd be surprised
if they didn't handle unicode as well).

Please tell me this is an outdated "doco" (cf. typo").



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Flags:
    category=docs
    severity=high
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Site configuration information for perl 5.22.0:

Configured by perl-diddler at Sun Sep 13 17:00:58 PDT 2015.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 22 subversion 0) configuration:
   
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=4.1.0-isht-van, archname=x86_64-linux
    uname='linux ishtar 4.1.0-isht-van #2 smp preempt tue jun 23 07:52:09 pdt 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnulinux '
    config_args='-Duse64bitall -Dprefix=/home/tools/perl/perl-5.22.0/usr -des -Dcc=gcc'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=undef, usemultiplicity=undef
    use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2',
    optimize='-O2',
    cppflags='-fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector-strong'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.9.0', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678, doublekind=3
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16, longdblkind=3
    ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='gcc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector-strong'
    libpth=/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.9/include-fixed /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.9/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/lib /usr/lib /lib/../lib64 /usr/lib/../lib64 /lib /lib64 /usr/lib64
    libs=-lpthread -lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -lgdbm_compat
    perllibs=-lpthread -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
    libc=libc-2.19.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version='2.19'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -fstack-protector-strong'


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@INC for perl 5.22.0:
    /home/tools/perl/perl-5.22.0/usr/lib/site_perl/5.22.0/x86_64-linux
    /home/tools/perl/perl-5.22.0/usr/lib/site_perl/5.22.0
    /home/tools/perl/perl-5.22.0/usr/lib/5.22.0/x86_64-linux
    /home/tools/perl/perl-5.22.0/usr/lib/5.22.0
    .

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Environment for perl 5.22.0:
    HOME=/home/perl-diddler
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LC_COLLATE=C
    LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
    LC_MESSAGES=C
    LC_MONETARY=C
    LC_NUMERIC=C
    LC_TIME=C
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/tools/perl/perl-5.22/utils:/home/tools/perl/perl-5.22:/home/tools/perl/perl-5.22/bin:.:/home/perl-diddler/bin::/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/etc/local/func_lib
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

• [perl #129849] utf8 only in vars? (perldoc utf8) by James E Keenan via RT
• [perl #129849] utf8 only in vars? (perldoc utf8) by Linda Walsh