perl-unicode

Re: C<use utf8> dynamic scope?

1999-06-08 16:11:13
"LW" == Larry Wall <larry(_at_)wall(_dot_)org> writes:

LW> You can already say

LW>     use utf8 'Big5';

LW> for that sort of thing--it just defaults to Unicode.  Two caveats:

Then to handle different encodings one would:

        {use utf8 'Unicode';    .... }
        {use utf8 'Big5'; .... }

Why not split it out?

LW> If you want to get a big headache, think about
LW>     use utf16 'Big5';
LW> You'll note that utf16 is not so very 'u'.

You went over my head here. What do you mean?

<chaim>
-- 
Chaim Frenkel                                        Nonlinear Knowledge, Inc.
chaimf(_at_)pobox(_dot_)com                                            
+1-718-236-0183

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>