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2022-1-26 6:04 Felipe Gasper <felipe@felipegasper.com> wrote:
> PART 1:
>
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> > perl -e'print "\x{100}"'
> Wide character in print at -e line 1.
> Ä
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>
> ^^ Would it benefit if that warning instead were something like:
>
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> Wide character in print (you forgot to encode) at -e line 1.
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> The status quo merely describes the problem; Iâd like to add a bit that
> points to the fix.
>
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>
> PART 2:
>
> While Iâm raising the issue, what would it take for Perl-issued warnings
> (and exceptions?) writ-large to include some sort of searchable, indexed
> lookup code, something like:
>
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> W.18: Wide character in print (you forgot to encode) at -e line 1.
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> Then users could search on that code in Perlâs documentation, maybe like:
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> perldoc W.18
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>
> Thoughts?
>
> -FG
>
I think this is a good idea because users don't know the meaning of "Wide
Character" .
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