jhi, Nick, Sadahiro and folks @ perl-unicode, I have just finished 'modularizing' Encode module. Modularizing I mean that Encode module now compiles AFTER you have installed perl5.7.2.
+ Based upon perl@14471 + Files like Changes, MANIFEST are added + Encoding tables are all relocated from Encode/ to tables/ + One package, One File + Tab stop = 4 (Sorry, Nick!) As you see real work is yet to be done but at least now we can develop Encode ASYNCHRONOUSLY from perl core. You can get one via http://www.dan.co.jp/~dankogai/Encode-0.30.tar.gz and upon the approval of jhi, I will upload this to CPAN. jhi, please have a look and tell me what you think. FYI, Version 0.30 is simply how RCS does 0.02++. CAVEAT * In terms of functionality (and the very lack thereof), it makes no difference from the version that comes with perl@14471 * Perl 5.7.2 or later needed so far * CJK decode is still kaput (Actually worsened since 5.7.2 release) Dan the Encoder of Yours