perl-unicode

Re: Modules in UTF-8

2002-06-19 13:56:27
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:

In the general case module (package) names in UTF-8 are unfortunately
unportable because those names are bound to the underlying filesystem.
(Think what needs to happen if you say use Foo;)

Sounds like there is a need for a 'module name encoding' system such as
PunyCode to allow UTF8 module names to live in envirornments with
restricted filename support compatibly with legacy module naming.

-- 
Benjamin Franz

     The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.

                                    ---Geoffrey Chaucer 

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