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Sep 24, 2009, 1:25 PM
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UTF-8 vs. PerlAlwaysGlobal/PerlNoStrict (was:Next IRC meeting)
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Hi Stefan, *,
Stefan Hornburg (Racke) schrieb:
>Peter wrote:
>> On 09/24/2009 04:07 AM, Stefan Hornburg wrote:
>>> --snip--
>>> * Allow catalogs to be set to have Perl always global by default.
>>>
>>> AllowGlobal catname
>>> PerlAlwaysGlobal catname
>>>
>>> This is a global directive (i.e. interchange.cfg).
>>>
>>> [perl global=0] will still be honored, i.e. that will be
>>> interpreted by Safe.
>>>
>>> * Allow catalogs to turn off "strict" in global mode by default:
>>>
>>> PerlNoStrict catname
>>>
>>> This is a global directive (i.e. interchange.cfg).
>>>
>>> This is intended as an easy way to allow catalogs to work all
>>> right with Vend::Charset. Sad, but can't think of any better way
>>> short of maintaining our own version of the UTF8 modules. It is
>>> really sad, because the Perl powers that be have totally abandoned
>>> Opcode and Safe.
>>>
>>> NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE BY NON-SOPHISTICATED INTERCHANGE USERS.
>>>
>>> --snap--
>>>
>>> Please comment. I'm in favour of removing these directives.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You asked for it ;o))
>> Are the issues these were intended to work around now resolved?
>No, not all of them (Encode::Alias). But you can switch off UTF8
>completely in your Interchange, so why keep them?
For it's less work to drop the switches when utf-8 work is done by the
gurus, than to change everything (i.e. database) from ISOxxx to utf-8
for the novices. UTF-8 is the answer to get the world in touch. I would
rather encourage people to setup new things in utf-8 than point them the
way to change things in near future.
We have the choice between the devil and the deep blue sea here.
--
Friedrich
novice interchange community consultant ;o))
best regards from
Melchingen / Germany
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