On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 03:38:31PM +0200, Robert Allerstorfer wrote: > the great Encode module requires perl 5.8. Are there > any backports existing yet that may work with 5.6.1? I am trying to > find a solution to encode Japanese (shiftjis) and Chinese (gb2312 > and big5) into utf8 with that perl version since 5.8 is not yet used > widely, unfortunately.
Kogai-san's earlier answer to this should be made a FAQ:
Well, it was my first intention to make Encode older-perl compliant but
as I get myself involved deeper and deeper into Encode and Perl 5.8 I am
more convinced to evangelize 5.8 rather than backport Encode. I would
rather want Encode to be one good reason to encourage the switch.
Meanwhile, please try Unicode::Map, but do consider upgrading to 5.8
(and hence Encode.pm) as soon as possible.
Now let's just hope that not all our Encode::* works are lost to Parrot's
ICU interface...
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