freebsd-dev/contrib/perl5/lib/bytes.pm
2000-06-25 11:04:01 +00:00

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Perl

package bytes;
$bytes::hint_bits = 0x00000008;
sub import {
$^H |= $bytes::hint_bits;
}
sub unimport {
$^H &= ~$bytes::hint_bits;
}
sub AUTOLOAD {
require "bytes_heavy.pl";
goto &$AUTOLOAD;
}
sub length ($);
1;
__END__
=head1 NAME
bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character semantics
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use bytes;
no bytes;
=head1 DESCRIPTION
WARNING: The implementation of Unicode support in Perl is incomplete.
See L<perlunicode> for the exact details.
The C<use bytes> pragma disables character semantics for the rest of the
lexical scope in which it appears. C<no bytes> can be used to reverse
the effect of C<use bytes> within the current lexical scope.
Perl normally assumes character semantics in the presence of
character data (i.e. data that has come from a source that has
been marked as being of a particular character encoding).
To understand the implications and differences between character
semantics and byte semantics, see L<perlunicode>.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<perlunicode>, L<utf8>
=cut