Change 18848 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2003/03/07 08:40:52
Give pointers to runtime Unicode changes.
Affected files ...
... //depot/perl/pod/perlrun.pod#83 edit
... //depot/perl/pod/perlvar.pod#117 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/pod/perlrun.pod#83 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlrun.pod
--- perl/pod/perlrun.pod#82~18844~ Thu Mar 6 21:05:57 2003
+++ perl/pod/perlrun.pod Fri Mar 7 00:40:52 2003
@@ -305,13 +305,14 @@
variables indicate a UTF-8 locale. This behaviour follows the
I<implicit> (and problematic) UTF-8 behaviour of Perl 5.8.0.
-You can use C<-C0> (or C<"0"> for $ENV{PERL_UNICODE} ) to explicitly
+You can use C<-C0> (or C<"0"> for $ENV{PERL_UNICODE}) to explicitly
disable all the above Unicode features.
-See L<perlfunc/open>, and L<open> for more information.
-
The read-only magic variable C<${^UNICODE}> reflects the numeric value
-of this setting, see L<perlvar/"${^UNICODE}">.
+of this setting. This is variable is set during Perl startup and is
+thereafter read-only. If you want runtime effects, use the three-arg
+open() (see L<perlfunc/open), the two-arg binmode() (see L<perlfunc/binmode>),
+and the C<open> pragma (see L<open>).
(In Perls earlier than 5.8.1 the C<-C> switch was a Win32-only switch
that enabled the use of Unicode-aware "wide system call" Win32 APIs.
==== //depot/perl/pod/perlvar.pod#117 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlvar.pod
--- perl/pod/perlvar.pod#116~18754~ Wed Feb 19 13:14:37 2003
+++ perl/pod/perlvar.pod Fri Mar 7 00:40:52 2003
@@ -1117,9 +1117,10 @@
=item ${^UNICODE}
-Reflects certain Unicode settings of Perl. See L<perlrun> for more
-information about the possible values. This variable is set during
-Perl startup and thereafter read-only.
+Reflects certain Unicode settings of Perl. See L<perlrun>
+documentation for the C<-C> switch for more information about
+the possible values. This variable is set during Perl startup
+and is thereafter read-only.
=item $PERL_VERSION
End of Patch.
