On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 08:35:04PM -0800, Chip Salzenberg wrote:
> So: The _string_encoding_ state of each OP must be one of these:
>
> 0. the default -- follow each string's current encoding
> 1. "use byte" -- all strings are one-byte
> 2. "use utf8" -- all strings are UTF-8 (*not* necessarily Unicode!)
>
> And the _character_set_ state of each OP must one of these:
>
> 0. the default -- characters are Latin-1, UTF-8 is Unicode
> 1. "use locale" -- characters are $ENV{LANG} (set at runtime)
Too complicated, very few advantages (if any).
It was discussed already (and many times). Results as I remember
them: locale-ness should be addressed during i/o operations (here i/o
is understood in wide sense). `use locale' (or better, its
equivalent) should better forget about C locales. This is better be
just a hint for (default?) i/o conversions to Unicode.
Now: please look around. What nice properties of your favorite locale
will be lost by interpreting it as a hint to Unicode conversion?
Ilya
