NAME
Encode::compat - Encode.pm emulation layer
VERSION
This document describes version 0.06 of Encode::compat, released February 14, 2004.
SYNOPSIS
use Encode::compat; # a no-op for Perl v5.7.1+
use Encode qw(...); # all constants and imports works transparently
# use Encode functions as normalDESCRIPTION
WARNING: THIS IS A PROOF-OF-CONCEPT. Most functions are incomplete. All implementation details are subject to change!
This module provide a compatibility layer for Encode.pm users on perl versions earlier than v5.7.1. It translates whatever call it receives into Text::Iconv, or (in the future) Unicode::MapUTF8 to perform the actual work.
The is_utf8(), _utf8_on() and _utf8_off() calls are performed by the method native to the perl version -- 5.6.1 would use pack/unpack, 5.6.0 uses tr//CU, etc.
Theoretically, it could be backported to 5.005 and earlier, with none of the unicode-related semantics available, and serves only as a abstraction layer above Text::Iconv, Unicode::MapUTF8 and possibly other transcoding modules.
CAVEATS
Currently, this module only support 5.6.1, and merely provides the three utility function above (encode(), decode() and from_to()), with a very kludgy FB_HTMLCREF fallback against latin-1 in from_to().
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
Autrijus Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004 by Autrijus Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.