On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 17:54, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <nore...@gunnar.cc> wrote: > Chas. Owens wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 15:25, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <nore...@gunnar.cc> >> wrote: >> snip >>>> >>>> Yeah, it looks so. With "use utf8" (http://perldoc.perl.org/utf8.html) >>>> one >>>> can however make them parsed (decoded) (provided they are valid UTF-8). >>> >>> No. The utf8 pragma is about allowing UTF-8 encoded *symbols*, e.g. >>> variable >>> names or subroutine names. >> >> snip >> >> From perldoc utf8[1]: >> Bytes in the source text that have their high-bit set will be >> treated as being part of a literal UTF-X sequence. This includes >> most literals such as identifier names, string constants, and >> constant regular expression patterns. >> >> The utf8 pragma affects the whole file, > > Well, only the part of the file that is parsed after the > > use utf8; > > statement, right? snip
Hmm, I don't think it would reparse the whole file, but it does run in a BEGIN block...hmm, I must test it. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
