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On 28/01/2022 15:26, Felipe Gasper wrote:
>
https://github.com/FGasper/perl-rfcs/blob/rfc10_utf8_rename/rfcs/rfc0010.md
>
> ---------
>
> # Rename the “UTF8” Flag
>
> ## Preamble
>
> ```
> Author: FELIPE
> Sponsor:
> ID: ?
> Status: Draft
> ```
>
> ## Abstract
>
> Perl’s “UTF8 flag” confuses Perl users, and even occasionally its
> maintainers. This RFC proposes to rename it in source code and
> documentation, retaining old names as aliases to avoid breaking callers
> of Perl’s C API (XS modules & embedders).
>
> This RFC proposes the replacement term “heavy”: `SvHEAVY`, etc.
Can I suggest something like "multibyte", and also some small changes in
Devel::Peek so that it does something like this?
$ perl -MDevel::Peek -E 'Dump(chr(0x3bb))';
SV = PV(0x7fc7d100b690) at 0x7fc7d1024d90
REFCNT = 1
FLAGS = (PADTMP,POK,READONLY,PROTECT,pPOK,MULTIBYTE)
PV = 0x7fc7d0c0be10 "\x{ce}\x{bb}"\0 [Characters "\x{3bb}"]
CUR = 2
LEN = 10
note "MULTIBYTE" in the flags, that I've put "Characters" in the 'PV ='
line where it currently says "UTF8" (clearer, I think, than saying
"multibyte" again), and that I've changed it from octal \316\273 to hex
\x{ce}\x{bb} because for most people hex values are more immediately
recognisable and it would be consistent with use of \x{...} in the list
of characters.
I know "multibyte" is more to type, but I think it better explains what
the flag is for.
--
David Cantrell
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