On 12 Jun 1999 14:01:46 PDT, Russ Allbery wrote:
Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar(_at_)activestate(_dot_)com> writes:
It seems better to have both C<use utf8> and C<use locale> have a global
effect, and add a lexically scoped C<use byte> (or similar) that will
mark places that operate on binary data, and therefore turn off any
encoding related pragmata. What do you think?
I think you should be worried about the security issues if you decide to
go this route.
I am, but like -w, the user will share part of the blame. It is
they who will flip the big red switch. If they're not sure about
the code, they shouldn't flip the switch.
Sarathy
gsar(_at_)activestate(_dot_)com
