NAME
String::Multibyte::GBK - internally used by String::Multibyte for GBK
SYNOPSIS
use String::Multibyte;
$gbk = String::Multibyte->new('GBK');
$gbk_length = $gbk->length($gbk_string);DESCRIPTION
String::Multibyte::GBK is used for manipulation of strings in GBK (Guobiao Kuozhan).
Byte range of single-byte characters: 0x00..0x80.
Leading byte range of double-byte characters: 0x81..0xFE.
Trailing byte range of double-byte characters: 0x40..0x7E and 0x80..0xFE.
Character order (invalid code points are excluded): 0x00..0x80, 0x8140..0xFEFE.
CAVEAT
0x80 is supported in consideration of Microsoft's CP936. (Hmmm, according to IANA Charset Registration for GBK, GBK must be identical to CP936.)