Re^2: perl unicode docs

The fact of the matter is, if the pattern switched to the Unicode character scheme then the pattern couldn't possibly match a single character in a UTF-8 string.
Why not?

Because a Unicode character and a UTF-8 character are different entities. If the regex is looking for a Unicode character, the regex will never find one in a string that contains only UTF-8 characters.

By the way, if you find places where the docs need improvement, don't whine about it, but submit patches.

Wouldn't it be best to discuss proposed changes before submitting anything? In any case, I spent 7 yours one day trying to do just that--without success, and I will never, ever try to interface with that archaic system ever again.

I don't think so. I also don't see how anything of the docs is factually incorrect.

Well, you are smarter than me, so I guess that's the end of that.

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Re^3: perl unicode docs by moritz (Cardinal) on Mar 27, 2010 at 14:55 UTC
Because a Unicode character and a UTF-8 character are different entities. How so? What do you mean by "UTF-8 character"? I read that as "one Unicode character encoded in UTF-8", not as "one byte". Wouldn't it be best to discuss proposed changes before submitting anything? Yes. But that's not what your question sounded like. It sounded more like "is it just me, or were the original authors jerks?" I spent 7 yours one day trying to do just that--without success, and I will never, ever try to interface with that archaic system ever again. Now it would be interesting to here what you man by "that archaic system". The source control system is quite modern. The p5p list is another matter, but so far I never had problems getting doc patches applied. Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.	[reply]

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Re^3: perl unicode docs
by moritz (Cardinal) on Mar 27, 2010 at 14:55 UTC

Because a Unicode character and a UTF-8 character are different entities.

How so? What do you mean by "UTF-8 character"? I read that as "one Unicode character encoded in UTF-8", not as "one byte".

Wouldn't it be best to discuss proposed changes before submitting anything?

Yes. But that's not what your question sounded like. It sounded more like "is it just me, or were the original authors jerks?"

I spent 7 yours one day trying to do just that--without success, and I will never, ever try to interface with that archaic system ever again.

Now it would be interesting to here what you man by "that archaic system". The source control system is quite modern. The p5p list is another matter, but so far I never had problems getting doc patches applied.

Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.

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