* [9fans] perl and locales @ 2004-03-12 17:43 andrey mirtchovski 2004-03-12 18:44 ` rog 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: andrey mirtchovski @ 2004-03-12 17:43 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans what would it take to set the default locale in perl to *.UTF-8? currently string functions break when faced with unicode characters, especially 'length'. the normal way of changing the locale: use locale; use POSIX qw "locale_h"; setlocale(...); doesn't work because "use POSIX" fails. perl also reports that it _has_ been compiled with locale support. lastly, does anyone besides me care? andrey ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] perl and locales 2004-03-12 17:43 [9fans] perl and locales andrey mirtchovski @ 2004-03-12 18:44 ` rog 2004-03-12 19:53 ` 9nut 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: rog @ 2004-03-12 18:44 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > lastly, does anyone besides me care? not me! ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] perl and locales 2004-03-12 18:44 ` rog @ 2004-03-12 19:53 ` 9nut 2004-03-12 19:14 ` boyd, rounin 2004-03-12 21:07 ` ron minnich 0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: 9nut @ 2004-03-12 19:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans >> lastly, does anyone besides me care? > > not me! me neither! ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] perl and locales 2004-03-12 19:53 ` 9nut @ 2004-03-12 19:14 ` boyd, rounin 2004-03-12 21:07 ` ron minnich 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: boyd, rounin @ 2004-03-12 19:14 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans i'm pretty sure my position on perl is clear. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] perl and locales 2004-03-12 19:53 ` 9nut 2004-03-12 19:14 ` boyd, rounin @ 2004-03-12 21:07 ` ron minnich 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: ron minnich @ 2004-03-12 21:07 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 9nut@9netics.com wrote: > >> lastly, does anyone besides me care? > > > > not me! > > me neither! > one could argue that a 'perl-proof' os is a good thing. ron ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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