Problem that I don't really understand how it would be compatible with perl own unicode implementation

Don't worry about it

What will happen if some Unicode 6 characters recognized by this module, but then misinterpreted by perl?

This wouldn't happen. Once octets/bytes are decoded into characters, they're characters (codepoints)

possible insignificant edge case (including but not limited to security issues), for all perl 5.8.8+. But I am not sure where to start.

If I were you I wouldn't even start :) Why ? Because starting is starting to sound more and more like reinventing-Unicode::UTF8, or tracking-perl-bugs-since-2006-six-decades-ago

I would stick with 5.18.x

In reply to Re: Unicode::UTF8 and perl Unicode compatibility by Anonymous Monk
in thread Unicode::UTF8 and perl Unicode compatibility by vsespb

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.