>>>>> "SF" == Shlomi Fish <[email protected]> writes:
SF> Just a question - how well can read_file and their friends handle SF> encodings/character-sets? Reading a file using binmode $fh, SF> ":encoding(utf-8)" (or whatever) would be a major dealbreaker for SF> me (and many other people), because I cannot assume that the data SF> that a file reads is in 8-bit binary data. See: there is a binmode option that lets you set any value binmode can handle. there is a test for utf8 files that works. anything else is up to the caller to manage. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [email protected] -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm

