Sam Tregar wrote:
>
> On 19 Sep 2000, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
>
> > Distinguish packed binary data from printable strings
>
> What defines a "printable" string? What if I'm working in an environment
> that can "print" bytes that yours can't?
Usage DWIMishly defines a printable string. As I noted in another thread on this
RFC, I should never have used the word "binary" in the proposal; it has been
excised, with extreme prejudice.
> Specifically I'm wondering how this proposal handles Unicode.
If the Unicode derives from a source which makes it look like a string that's
meant to be human readable, nothing will change from current (or proposed)
behavior, AFAIK. These are all unalterd:
$line <IN>;
$arg = shift @ARGV;
@help_lines = <DATA>;
Only C<pack> (except the "A" and "U" templates (confession: I forgot about "U"
in v1 of the RFC)), C<read>, C<sysread>, string-context bitwise ops plus
C<select> and C<vec> create "packed strings". If Unicode is commonly acquired or
manipulated by any of those and meant to stay human readable, then there may be
a conflict.
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