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From:
Dan Book
Date:
February 19, 2017 18:52
Subject:
Re: Proposal: Rename utf8::is_utf8() to utf8::is_upgraded()
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On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
wrote:
>
>
> I do not.  The main reasons for using the function are to work around
> problems with buggy XS modules.  Adding a synonym for a function that
> most correct code should not be using seems like the wrong direction
> to be going in.
>

But with a synonym available, the documentation can be changed to cover the
synonym, and only mention in passing that "this function is also called
is_utf8", which would at least help with the primary issue that people are
using this function to test for UTF-8.
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