Re: RFC 258 (v1) Distinguish packed binary data from printablestrings

[Sam Tregar]

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?  Specifically I'm wondering how
this proposal handles Unicode.

-sam