I had not seen that. I don't care for it though: Why is $u->u5c0f;, after creating $u, which generates a different method for every character the first time it is used, any better or easier than just writing "\x{5c0f}"? You would only use the literal method name call if you had the character code already as a compile-time literal, so what is the possible point?

It also has $u->name, which seems to be identical to using \N{}.

So why did you mention this module? Are you just mentioning things that show up on a keyword search without seeing what they actually are (which is what it gives the impression of; sorry if that's not the case), or is there something you want to discuss about this approach or the lessons it can teach? If that's the case, please elaborate.

In reply to Re^2: Module Design Ideas - HTML Entity Reference by John M. Dlugosz
in thread Module Design Ideas - HTML Entity Reference by John M. Dlugosz

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