I can feel 5.8 is near when I released Encode 1.62, available as follows; Whole: http://www.dan.co.jp/~dankogai/Encode-1.62.tar.gz
Diff Against Current: (Just 111 lines) http://www.dan.co.jp/~dankogai/current-1.62.diff.gz $Revision: 1.62 $ $Date: 2002/04/27 11:17:39 $ ! Encode.pm encodings() now just check %ExtModule instead of eval{require} all of them for ":all" to conserve more memory. ! Encode.xs more "%x" -> "%" UVxf stuff. ! Encode.pm s/=over2/=over 2/g # oops. Dan the Encode Maintainer