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1 | # |
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2 | # $Id: Encode.pm,v 1.99 2003/12/29 02:47:16 dankogai Exp dankogai $ |
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3 | # |
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4 | package Encode; |
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5 | use strict; |
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6 | our $VERSION = do { my @r = (q$Revision: 1.99 $ =~ /\d+/g); sprintf "%d."."%02d" x $#r, @r }; |
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7 | sub DEBUG () { 0 } |
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8 | use XSLoader (); |
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9 | XSLoader::load(__PACKAGE__, $VERSION); |
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10 | |
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11 | require Exporter; |
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12 | use base qw/Exporter/; |
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13 | |
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14 | # Public, encouraged API is exported by default |
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15 | |
16 | our @EXPORT = qw( |
17 | decode decode_utf8 encode encode_utf8 |
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18 | encodings find_encoding clone_encoding |
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19 | ); |
20 | |
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21 | our @FB_FLAGS = qw(DIE_ON_ERR WARN_ON_ERR RETURN_ON_ERR LEAVE_SRC |
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22 | PERLQQ HTMLCREF XMLCREF); |
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23 | our @FB_CONSTS = qw(FB_DEFAULT FB_CROAK FB_QUIET FB_WARN |
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24 | FB_PERLQQ FB_HTMLCREF FB_XMLCREF); |
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25 | |
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26 | our @EXPORT_OK = |
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27 | ( |
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28 | qw( |
29 | _utf8_off _utf8_on define_encoding from_to is_16bit is_8bit |
30 | is_utf8 perlio_ok resolve_alias utf8_downgrade utf8_upgrade |
31 | ), |
32 | @FB_FLAGS, @FB_CONSTS, |
33 | ); |
34 | |
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35 | our %EXPORT_TAGS = |
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36 | ( |
37 | all => [ @EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK ], |
38 | fallbacks => [ @FB_CONSTS ], |
39 | fallback_all => [ @FB_CONSTS, @FB_FLAGS ], |
40 | ); |
41 | |
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42 | # Documentation moved after __END__ for speed - NI-S |
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43 | |
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44 | our $ON_EBCDIC = (ord("A") == 193); |
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45 | |
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46 | use Encode::Alias; |
47 | |
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48 | # Make a %Encoding package variable to allow a certain amount of cheating |
49 | our %Encoding; |
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50 | our %ExtModule; |
51 | require Encode::Config; |
52 | eval { require Encode::ConfigLocal }; |
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53 | |
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54 | sub encodings |
55 | { |
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56 | my $class = shift; |
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57 | my %enc; |
58 | if (@_ and $_[0] eq ":all"){ |
59 | %enc = ( %Encoding, %ExtModule ); |
60 | }else{ |
61 | %enc = %Encoding; |
62 | for my $mod (map {m/::/o ? $_ : "Encode::$_" } @_){ |
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63 | DEBUG and warn $mod; |
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64 | for my $enc (keys %ExtModule){ |
65 | $ExtModule{$enc} eq $mod and $enc{$enc} = $mod; |
66 | } |
67 | } |
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68 | } |
69 | return |
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70 | sort { lc $a cmp lc $b } |
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71 | grep {!/^(?:Internal|Unicode|Guess)$/o} keys %enc; |
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72 | } |
73 | |
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74 | sub perlio_ok{ |
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75 | my $obj = ref($_[0]) ? $_[0] : find_encoding($_[0]); |
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76 | $obj->can("perlio_ok") and return $obj->perlio_ok(); |
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77 | return 0; # safety net |
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78 | } |
79 | |
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80 | sub define_encoding |
81 | { |
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82 | my $obj = shift; |
83 | my $name = shift; |
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84 | $Encoding{$name} = $obj; |
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85 | my $lc = lc($name); |
86 | define_alias($lc => $obj) unless $lc eq $name; |
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87 | while (@_){ |
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88 | my $alias = shift; |
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89 | define_alias($alias, $obj); |
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90 | } |
91 | return $obj; |
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92 | } |
93 | |
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94 | sub getEncoding |
95 | { |
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96 | my ($class, $name, $skip_external) = @_; |
97 | |
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98 | ref($name) && $name->can('renew') and return $name; |
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99 | exists $Encoding{$name} and return $Encoding{$name}; |
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100 | my $lc = lc $name; |
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101 | exists $Encoding{$lc} and return $Encoding{$lc}; |
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102 | |
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103 | my $oc = $class->find_alias($name); |
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104 | defined($oc) and return $oc; |
105 | $lc ne $name and $oc = $class->find_alias($lc); |
106 | defined($oc) and return $oc; |
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107 | |
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108 | unless ($skip_external) |
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109 | { |
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110 | if (my $mod = $ExtModule{$name} || $ExtModule{$lc}){ |
111 | $mod =~ s,::,/,g ; $mod .= '.pm'; |
112 | eval{ require $mod; }; |
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113 | exists $Encoding{$name} and return $Encoding{$name}; |
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114 | } |
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115 | } |
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116 | return; |
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117 | } |
118 | |
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119 | sub find_encoding($;$) |
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120 | { |
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121 | my ($name, $skip_external) = @_; |
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122 | return __PACKAGE__->getEncoding($name,$skip_external); |
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123 | } |
124 | |
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125 | sub resolve_alias($){ |
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126 | my $obj = find_encoding(shift); |
127 | defined $obj and return $obj->name; |
128 | return; |
129 | } |
130 | |
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131 | sub clone_encoding($){ |
132 | my $obj = find_encoding(shift); |
133 | ref $obj or return; |
134 | eval { require Storable }; |
135 | $@ and return; |
136 | return Storable::dclone($obj); |
137 | } |
138 | |
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139 | sub encode($$;$) |
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140 | { |
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141 | my ($name, $string, $check) = @_; |
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142 | return undef unless defined $string; |
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143 | $check ||=0; |
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144 | my $enc = find_encoding($name); |
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145 | unless(defined $enc){ |
146 | require Carp; |
147 | Carp::croak("Unknown encoding '$name'"); |
148 | } |
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149 | my $octets = $enc->encode($string,$check); |
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150 | $_[1] = $string if $check; |
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151 | return $octets; |
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152 | } |
153 | |
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154 | sub decode($$;$) |
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155 | { |
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156 | my ($name,$octets,$check) = @_; |
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157 | return undef unless defined $octets; |
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158 | $check ||=0; |
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159 | my $enc = find_encoding($name); |
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160 | unless(defined $enc){ |
161 | require Carp; |
162 | Carp::croak("Unknown encoding '$name'"); |
163 | } |
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164 | my $string = $enc->decode($octets,$check); |
165 | $_[1] = $octets if $check; |
166 | return $string; |
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167 | } |
168 | |
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169 | sub from_to($$$;$) |
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170 | { |
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171 | my ($string,$from,$to,$check) = @_; |
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172 | return undef unless defined $string; |
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173 | $check ||=0; |
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174 | my $f = find_encoding($from); |
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175 | unless (defined $f){ |
176 | require Carp; |
177 | Carp::croak("Unknown encoding '$from'"); |
178 | } |
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179 | my $t = find_encoding($to); |
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180 | unless (defined $t){ |
181 | require Carp; |
182 | Carp::croak("Unknown encoding '$to'"); |
183 | } |
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184 | my $uni = $f->decode($string,$check); |
185 | return undef if ($check && length($string)); |
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186 | $string = $t->encode($uni,$check); |
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187 | return undef if ($check && length($uni)); |
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188 | return defined($_[0] = $string) ? length($string) : undef ; |
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189 | } |
190 | |
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191 | sub encode_utf8($) |
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192 | { |
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193 | my ($str) = @_; |
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194 | utf8::encode($str); |
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195 | return $str; |
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196 | } |
197 | |
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198 | sub decode_utf8($;$) |
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199 | { |
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200 | my ($str, $check) = @_; |
201 | if ($check){ |
202 | return decode("utf8", $str, $check); |
203 | }else{ |
204 | return undef unless utf8::decode($str); |
205 | return $str; |
206 | } |
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207 | } |
208 | |
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209 | predefine_encodings(1); |
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210 | |
211 | # |
212 | # This is to restore %Encoding if really needed; |
213 | # |
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214 | |
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215 | sub predefine_encodings{ |
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216 | use Encode::Encoding; |
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217 | no warnings 'redefine'; |
218 | my $use_xs = shift; |
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219 | if ($ON_EBCDIC) { |
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220 | # was in Encode::UTF_EBCDIC |
221 | package Encode::UTF_EBCDIC; |
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222 | push @Encode::UTF_EBCDIC::ISA, 'Encode::Encoding'; |
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223 | *decode = sub{ |
224 | my ($obj,$str,$chk) = @_; |
225 | my $res = ''; |
226 | for (my $i = 0; $i < length($str); $i++) { |
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227 | $res .= |
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228 | chr(utf8::unicode_to_native(ord(substr($str,$i,1)))); |
229 | } |
230 | $_[1] = '' if $chk; |
231 | return $res; |
232 | }; |
233 | *encode = sub{ |
234 | my ($obj,$str,$chk) = @_; |
235 | my $res = ''; |
236 | for (my $i = 0; $i < length($str); $i++) { |
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237 | $res .= |
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238 | chr(utf8::native_to_unicode(ord(substr($str,$i,1)))); |
239 | } |
240 | $_[1] = '' if $chk; |
241 | return $res; |
242 | }; |
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243 | $Encode::Encoding{Unicode} = |
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244 | bless {Name => "UTF_EBCDIC"} => "Encode::UTF_EBCDIC"; |
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245 | } else { |
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246 | package Encode::Internal; |
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247 | push @Encode::Internal::ISA, 'Encode::Encoding'; |
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248 | *decode = sub{ |
249 | my ($obj,$str,$chk) = @_; |
250 | utf8::upgrade($str); |
251 | $_[1] = '' if $chk; |
252 | return $str; |
253 | }; |
254 | *encode = \&decode; |
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255 | $Encode::Encoding{Unicode} = |
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256 | bless {Name => "Internal"} => "Encode::Internal"; |
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257 | } |
258 | |
259 | { |
260 | # was in Encode::utf8 |
261 | package Encode::utf8; |
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262 | push @Encode::utf8::ISA, 'Encode::Encoding'; |
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263 | # |
264 | if ($use_xs){ |
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265 | Encode::DEBUG and warn __PACKAGE__, " XS on"; |
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266 | *decode = \&decode_xs; |
267 | *encode = \&encode_xs; |
268 | }else{ |
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269 | Encode::DEBUG and warn __PACKAGE__, " XS off"; |
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270 | *decode = sub{ |
271 | my ($obj,$octets,$chk) = @_; |
272 | my $str = Encode::decode_utf8($octets); |
273 | if (defined $str) { |
274 | $_[1] = '' if $chk; |
275 | return $str; |
276 | } |
277 | return undef; |
278 | }; |
279 | *encode = sub { |
280 | my ($obj,$string,$chk) = @_; |
281 | my $octets = Encode::encode_utf8($string); |
282 | $_[1] = '' if $chk; |
283 | return $octets; |
284 | }; |
285 | } |
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286 | *cat_decode = sub{ # ($obj, $dst, $src, $pos, $trm, $chk) |
287 | my ($obj, undef, undef, $pos, $trm) = @_; # currently ignores $chk |
288 | my ($rdst, $rsrc, $rpos) = \@_[1,2,3]; |
289 | use bytes; |
290 | if ((my $npos = index($$rsrc, $trm, $pos)) >= 0) { |
291 | $$rdst .= substr($$rsrc, $pos, $npos - $pos + length($trm)); |
292 | $$rpos = $npos + length($trm); |
293 | return 1; |
294 | } |
295 | $$rdst .= substr($$rsrc, $pos); |
296 | $$rpos = length($$rsrc); |
297 | return ''; |
298 | }; |
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299 | $Encode::Encoding{utf8} = |
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300 | bless {Name => "utf8"} => "Encode::utf8"; |
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301 | } |
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302 | } |
303 | |
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304 | 1; |
305 | |
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306 | __END__ |
307 | |
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308 | =head1 NAME |
309 | |
310 | Encode - character encodings |
311 | |
312 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
313 | |
314 | use Encode; |
315 | |
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316 | =head2 Table of Contents |
317 | |
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318 | Encode consists of a collection of modules whose details are too big |
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319 | to fit in one document. This POD itself explains the top-level APIs |
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320 | and general topics at a glance. For other topics and more details, |
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321 | see the PODs below: |
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322 | |
323 | Name Description |
324 | -------------------------------------------------------- |
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325 | Encode::Alias Alias definitions to encodings |
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326 | Encode::Encoding Encode Implementation Base Class |
327 | Encode::Supported List of Supported Encodings |
328 | Encode::CN Simplified Chinese Encodings |
329 | Encode::JP Japanese Encodings |
330 | Encode::KR Korean Encodings |
331 | Encode::TW Traditional Chinese Encodings |
332 | -------------------------------------------------------- |
333 | |
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334 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
335 | |
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336 | The C<Encode> module provides the interfaces between Perl's strings |
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337 | and the rest of the system. Perl strings are sequences of |
338 | B<characters>. |
339 | |
340 | The repertoire of characters that Perl can represent is at least that |
341 | defined by the Unicode Consortium. On most platforms the ordinal |
342 | values of the characters (as returned by C<ord(ch)>) is the "Unicode |
343 | codepoint" for the character (the exceptions are those platforms where |
344 | the legacy encoding is some variant of EBCDIC rather than a super-set |
345 | of ASCII - see L<perlebcdic>). |
346 | |
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347 | Traditionally, computer data has been moved around in 8-bit chunks |
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348 | often called "bytes". These chunks are also known as "octets" in |
349 | networking standards. Perl is widely used to manipulate data of many |
350 | types - not only strings of characters representing human or computer |
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351 | languages but also "binary" data being the machine's representation of |
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352 | numbers, pixels in an image - or just about anything. |
353 | |
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354 | When Perl is processing "binary data", the programmer wants Perl to |
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355 | process "sequences of bytes". This is not a problem for Perl - as a |
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356 | byte has 256 possible values, it easily fits in Perl's much larger |
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357 | "logical character". |
358 | |
359 | =head2 TERMINOLOGY |
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360 | |
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361 | =over 2 |
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362 | |
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363 | =item * |
364 | |
365 | I<character>: a character in the range 0..(2**32-1) (or more). |
366 | (What Perl's strings are made of.) |
367 | |
368 | =item * |
369 | |
370 | I<byte>: a character in the range 0..255 |
371 | (A special case of a Perl character.) |
372 | |
373 | =item * |
374 | |
375 | I<octet>: 8 bits of data, with ordinal values 0..255 |
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376 | (Term for bytes passed to or from a non-Perl context, e.g. a disk file.) |
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377 | |
378 | =back |
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379 | |
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380 | =head1 PERL ENCODING API |
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381 | |
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382 | =over 2 |
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383 | |
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384 | =item $octets = encode(ENCODING, $string [, CHECK]) |
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385 | |
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386 | Encodes a string from Perl's internal form into I<ENCODING> and returns |
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387 | a sequence of octets. ENCODING can be either a canonical name or |
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388 | an alias. For encoding names and aliases, see L</"Defining Aliases">. |
389 | For CHECK, see L</"Handling Malformed Data">. |
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390 | |
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391 | For example, to convert a string from Perl's internal format to |
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392 | iso-8859-1 (also known as Latin1), |
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393 | |
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394 | $octets = encode("iso-8859-1", $string); |
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395 | |
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396 | B<CAVEAT>: When you run C<$octets = encode("utf8", $string)>, then $octets |
397 | B<may not be equal to> $string. Though they both contain the same data, the utf8 flag |
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398 | for $octets is B<always> off. When you encode anything, utf8 flag of |
399 | the result is always off, even when it contains completely valid utf8 |
400 | string. See L</"The UTF-8 flag"> below. |
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401 | |
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402 | encode($valid_encoding, undef) is harmless but warns you for |
403 | C<Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry>. |
404 | encode($valid_encoding, '') is harmless and warnless. |
405 | |
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406 | =item $string = decode(ENCODING, $octets [, CHECK]) |
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407 | |
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408 | Decodes a sequence of octets assumed to be in I<ENCODING> into Perl's |
409 | internal form and returns the resulting string. As in encode(), |
410 | ENCODING can be either a canonical name or an alias. For encoding names |
411 | and aliases, see L</"Defining Aliases">. For CHECK, see |
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412 | L</"Handling Malformed Data">. |
413 | |
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414 | For example, to convert ISO-8859-1 data to a string in Perl's internal format: |
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415 | |
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416 | $string = decode("iso-8859-1", $octets); |
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417 | |
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418 | B<CAVEAT>: When you run C<$string = decode("utf8", $octets)>, then $string |
419 | B<may not be equal to> $octets. Though they both contain the same data, |
420 | the utf8 flag for $string is on unless $octets entirely consists of |
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421 | ASCII data (or EBCDIC on EBCDIC machines). See L</"The UTF-8 flag"> |
422 | below. |
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423 | |
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424 | decode($valid_encoding, undef) is harmless but warns you for |
425 | C<Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry>. |
426 | decode($valid_encoding, '') is harmless and warnless. |
427 | |
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428 | =item [$length =] from_to($octets, FROM_ENC, TO_ENC [, CHECK]) |
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429 | |
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430 | Converts B<in-place> data between two encodings. The data in $octets |
431 | must be encoded as octets and not as characters in Perl's internal |
432 | format. For example, to convert ISO-8859-1 data to Microsoft's CP1250 encoding: |
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433 | |
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434 | from_to($octets, "iso-8859-1", "cp1250"); |
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435 | |
436 | and to convert it back: |
437 | |
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438 | from_to($octets, "cp1250", "iso-8859-1"); |
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439 | |
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440 | Note that because the conversion happens in place, the data to be |
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441 | converted cannot be a string constant; it must be a scalar variable. |
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442 | |
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443 | from_to() returns the length of the converted string in octets on success, undef |
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444 | otherwise. |
445 | |
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446 | B<CAVEAT>: The following operations look the same but are not quite so; |
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447 | |
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448 | from_to($data, "iso-8859-1", "utf8"); #1 |
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449 | $data = decode("iso-8859-1", $data); #2 |
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450 | |
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451 | Both #1 and #2 make $data consist of a completely valid UTF-8 string |
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452 | but only #2 turns utf8 flag on. #1 is equivalent to |
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453 | |
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454 | $data = encode("utf8", decode("iso-8859-1", $data)); |
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455 | |
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456 | See L</"The UTF-8 flag"> below. |
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457 | |
458 | =item $octets = encode_utf8($string); |
459 | |
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460 | Equivalent to C<$octets = encode("utf8", $string);> The characters |
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461 | that comprise $string are encoded in Perl's internal format and the |
462 | result is returned as a sequence of octets. All possible |
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463 | characters have a UTF-8 representation so this function cannot fail. |
464 | |
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465 | |
466 | =item $string = decode_utf8($octets [, CHECK]); |
467 | |
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468 | equivalent to C<$string = decode("utf8", $octets [, CHECK])>. |
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469 | The sequence of octets represented by |
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470 | $octets is decoded from UTF-8 into a sequence of logical |
471 | characters. Not all sequences of octets form valid UTF-8 encodings, so |
472 | it is possible for this call to fail. For CHECK, see |
473 | L</"Handling Malformed Data">. |
f2a2953c |
474 | |
475 | =back |
476 | |
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477 | =head2 Listing available encodings |
478 | |
5129552c |
479 | use Encode; |
480 | @list = Encode->encodings(); |
481 | |
482 | Returns a list of the canonical names of the available encodings that |
483 | are loaded. To get a list of all available encodings including the |
484 | ones that are not loaded yet, say |
485 | |
486 | @all_encodings = Encode->encodings(":all"); |
487 | |
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488 | Or you can give the name of a specific module. |
5129552c |
489 | |
c731e18e |
490 | @with_jp = Encode->encodings("Encode::JP"); |
491 | |
492 | When "::" is not in the name, "Encode::" is assumed. |
51ef4e11 |
493 | |
c731e18e |
494 | @ebcdic = Encode->encodings("EBCDIC"); |
5d030b67 |
495 | |
0ab8f81e |
496 | To find out in detail which encodings are supported by this package, |
5d030b67 |
497 | see L<Encode::Supported>. |
51ef4e11 |
498 | |
499 | =head2 Defining Aliases |
500 | |
0ab8f81e |
501 | To add a new alias to a given encoding, use: |
67d7b5ef |
502 | |
5129552c |
503 | use Encode; |
504 | use Encode::Alias; |
a63c962f |
505 | define_alias(newName => ENCODING); |
51ef4e11 |
506 | |
3ef515df |
507 | After that, newName can be used as an alias for ENCODING. |
f2a2953c |
508 | ENCODING may be either the name of an encoding or an |
509 | I<encoding object> |
51ef4e11 |
510 | |
fcb875d4 |
511 | But before you do so, make sure the alias is nonexistent with |
512 | C<resolve_alias()>, which returns the canonical name thereof. |
513 | i.e. |
514 | |
515 | Encode::resolve_alias("latin1") eq "iso-8859-1" # true |
516 | Encode::resolve_alias("iso-8859-12") # false; nonexistent |
517 | Encode::resolve_alias($name) eq $name # true if $name is canonical |
518 | |
0ab8f81e |
519 | resolve_alias() does not need C<use Encode::Alias>; it can be |
520 | exported via C<use Encode qw(resolve_alias)>. |
fcb875d4 |
521 | |
0ab8f81e |
522 | See L<Encode::Alias> for details. |
51ef4e11 |
523 | |
85982a32 |
524 | =head1 Encoding via PerlIO |
4411f3b6 |
525 | |
b7a5c9de |
526 | If your perl supports I<PerlIO> (which is the default), you can use a PerlIO layer to decode |
0ab8f81e |
527 | and encode directly via a filehandle. The following two examples |
528 | are totally identical in their functionality. |
4411f3b6 |
529 | |
85982a32 |
530 | # via PerlIO |
531 | open my $in, "<:encoding(shiftjis)", $infile or die; |
532 | open my $out, ">:encoding(euc-jp)", $outfile or die; |
b7a5c9de |
533 | while(<$in>){ print $out $_; } |
8e86646e |
534 | |
85982a32 |
535 | # via from_to |
0ab8f81e |
536 | open my $in, "<", $infile or die; |
537 | open my $out, ">", $outfile or die; |
b7a5c9de |
538 | while(<$in>){ |
0ab8f81e |
539 | from_to($_, "shiftjis", "euc-jp", 1); |
b7a5c9de |
540 | print $out $_; |
85982a32 |
541 | } |
4411f3b6 |
542 | |
b7a5c9de |
543 | Unfortunately, it may be that encodings are PerlIO-savvy. You can check |
0ab8f81e |
544 | if your encoding is supported by PerlIO by calling the C<perlio_ok> |
545 | method. |
546 | |
547 | Encode::perlio_ok("hz"); # False |
548 | find_encoding("euc-cn")->perlio_ok; # True where PerlIO is available |
549 | |
550 | use Encode qw(perlio_ok); # exported upon request |
551 | perlio_ok("euc-jp") |
4411f3b6 |
552 | |
0ab8f81e |
553 | Fortunately, all encodings that come with Encode core are PerlIO-savvy |
b7a5c9de |
554 | except for hz and ISO-2022-kr. For gory details, see L<Encode::Encoding> and L<Encode::PerlIO>. |
4411f3b6 |
555 | |
85982a32 |
556 | =head1 Handling Malformed Data |
4411f3b6 |
557 | |
0ab8f81e |
558 | The I<CHECK> argument is used as follows. When you omit it, |
559 | the behaviour is the same as if you had passed a value of 0 for |
560 | I<CHECK>. |
47bfe92f |
561 | |
151b5d36 |
562 | =over 2 |
563 | |
85982a32 |
564 | =item I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_DEFAULT ( == 0) |
47bfe92f |
565 | |
0ab8f81e |
566 | If I<CHECK> is 0, (en|de)code will put a I<substitution character> |
567 | in place of a malformed character. For UCM-based encodings, |
b7a5c9de |
568 | E<lt>subcharE<gt> will be used. For Unicode, the code point C<0xFFFD> is used. |
0ab8f81e |
569 | If the data is supposed to be UTF-8, an optional lexical warning |
570 | (category utf8) is given. |
e9692b5b |
571 | |
7e19fb92 |
572 | =item I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_CROAK ( == 1) |
e9692b5b |
573 | |
b7a5c9de |
574 | If I<CHECK> is 1, methods will die on error immediately with an error |
0ab8f81e |
575 | message. Therefore, when I<CHECK> is set to 1, you should trap the |
576 | fatal error with eval{} unless you really want to let it die on error. |
47bfe92f |
577 | |
85982a32 |
578 | =item I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_QUIET |
47bfe92f |
579 | |
85982a32 |
580 | If I<CHECK> is set to Encode::FB_QUIET, (en|de)code will immediately |
0ab8f81e |
581 | return the portion of the data that has been processed so far when |
582 | an error occurs. The data argument will be overwritten with |
583 | everything after that point (that is, the unprocessed part of data). |
584 | This is handy when you have to call decode repeatedly in the case |
585 | where your source data may contain partial multi-byte character |
586 | sequences, for example because you are reading with a fixed-width |
587 | buffer. Here is some sample code that does exactly this: |
4411f3b6 |
588 | |
b7a5c9de |
589 | my $data = ''; my $utf8 = ''; |
85982a32 |
590 | while(defined(read $fh, $buffer, 256)){ |
0ab8f81e |
591 | # buffer may end in a partial character so we append |
85982a32 |
592 | $data .= $buffer; |
ee269af2 |
593 | $utf8 .= decode($encoding, $data, Encode::FB_QUIET); |
0ab8f81e |
594 | # $data now contains the unprocessed partial character |
85982a32 |
595 | } |
1768d7eb |
596 | |
85982a32 |
597 | =item I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_WARN |
67d7b5ef |
598 | |
0ab8f81e |
599 | This is the same as above, except that it warns on error. Handy when |
600 | you are debugging the mode above. |
85982a32 |
601 | |
602 | =item perlqq mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_PERLQQ) |
603 | |
af1f55d9 |
604 | =item HTML charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_HTMLCREF) |
605 | |
606 | =item XML charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_XMLCREF) |
607 | |
85982a32 |
608 | For encodings that are implemented by Encode::XS, CHECK == |
609 | Encode::FB_PERLQQ turns (en|de)code into C<perlqq> fallback mode. |
610 | |
b7a5c9de |
611 | When you decode, C<\xI<HH>> will be inserted for a malformed character, |
612 | where I<HH> is the hex representation of the octet that could not be |
613 | decoded to utf8. And when you encode, C<\x{I<HHHH>}> will be inserted, |
614 | where I<HHHH> is the Unicode ID of the character that cannot be found |
0ab8f81e |
615 | in the character repertoire of the encoding. |
85982a32 |
616 | |
af1f55d9 |
617 | HTML/XML character reference modes are about the same, in place of |
b7a5c9de |
618 | C<\x{I<HHHH>}>, HTML uses C<&#I<NNNN>>; where I<NNNN> is a decimal digit and |
619 | XML uses C<&#xI<HHHH>>; where I<HHHH> is the hexadecimal digit. |
af1f55d9 |
620 | |
85982a32 |
621 | =item The bitmask |
622 | |
0ab8f81e |
623 | These modes are actually set via a bitmask. Here is how the FB_XX |
624 | constants are laid out. You can import the FB_XX constants via |
625 | C<use Encode qw(:fallbacks)>; you can import the generic bitmask |
626 | constants via C<use Encode qw(:fallback_all)>. |
85982a32 |
627 | |
b0b300a3 |
628 | FB_DEFAULT FB_CROAK FB_QUIET FB_WARN FB_PERLQQ |
629 | DIE_ON_ERR 0x0001 X |
4089adc4 |
630 | WARN_ON_ERR 0x0002 X |
b0b300a3 |
631 | RETURN_ON_ERR 0x0004 X X |
632 | LEAVE_SRC 0x0008 |
633 | PERLQQ 0x0100 X |
b7a5c9de |
634 | HTMLCREF 0x0200 |
635 | XMLCREF 0x0400 |
67d7b5ef |
636 | |
151b5d36 |
637 | =back |
638 | |
0ab8f81e |
639 | =head2 Unimplemented fallback schemes |
67d7b5ef |
640 | |
0ab8f81e |
641 | In the future, you will be able to use a code reference to a callback |
f2a2953c |
642 | function for the value of I<CHECK> but its API is still undecided. |
67d7b5ef |
643 | |
982a4085 |
644 | The fallback scheme does not work on EBCDIC platforms. |
645 | |
67d7b5ef |
646 | =head1 Defining Encodings |
647 | |
648 | To define a new encoding, use: |
649 | |
b7a5c9de |
650 | use Encode qw(define_encoding); |
67d7b5ef |
651 | define_encoding($object, 'canonicalName' [, alias...]); |
652 | |
653 | I<canonicalName> will be associated with I<$object>. The object |
0ab8f81e |
654 | should provide the interface described in L<Encode::Encoding>. |
67d7b5ef |
655 | If more than two arguments are provided then additional |
b7a5c9de |
656 | arguments are taken as aliases for I<$object>. |
67d7b5ef |
657 | |
f2a2953c |
658 | See L<Encode::Encoding> for more details. |
659 | |
7e19fb92 |
660 | =head1 The UTF-8 flag |
661 | |
662 | Before the introduction of utf8 support in perl, The C<eq> operator |
b7a5c9de |
663 | just compared the strings represented by two scalars. Beginning with |
664 | perl 5.8, C<eq> compares two strings with simultaneous consideration |
665 | of I<the utf8 flag>. To explain why we made it so, I will quote page |
666 | 402 of C<Programming Perl, 3rd ed.> |
7e19fb92 |
667 | |
668 | =over 2 |
669 | |
670 | =item Goal #1: |
671 | |
672 | Old byte-oriented programs should not spontaneously break on the old |
673 | byte-oriented data they used to work on. |
674 | |
675 | =item Goal #2: |
676 | |
677 | Old byte-oriented programs should magically start working on the new |
678 | character-oriented data when appropriate. |
679 | |
680 | =item Goal #3: |
681 | |
682 | Programs should run just as fast in the new character-oriented mode |
683 | as in the old byte-oriented mode. |
684 | |
685 | =item Goal #4: |
686 | |
687 | Perl should remain one language, rather than forking into a |
688 | byte-oriented Perl and a character-oriented Perl. |
689 | |
690 | =back |
691 | |
692 | Back when C<Programming Perl, 3rd ed.> was written, not even Perl 5.6.0 |
693 | was born and many features documented in the book remained |
b7a5c9de |
694 | unimplemented for a long time. Perl 5.8 corrected this and the introduction |
695 | of the UTF-8 flag is one of them. You can think of this perl notion as of a |
696 | byte-oriented mode (utf8 flag off) and a character-oriented mode (utf8 |
7e19fb92 |
697 | flag on). |
698 | |
699 | Here is how Encode takes care of the utf8 flag. |
700 | |
4bdf5738 |
701 | =over 2 |
7e19fb92 |
702 | |
703 | =item * |
704 | |
705 | When you encode, the resulting utf8 flag is always off. |
706 | |
151b5d36 |
707 | =item * |
7e19fb92 |
708 | |
b7a5c9de |
709 | When you decode, the resulting utf8 flag is on unless you can |
7e19fb92 |
710 | unambiguously represent data. Here is the definition of |
711 | dis-ambiguity. |
712 | |
b7a5c9de |
713 | After C<$utf8 = decode('foo', $octet);>, |
7e19fb92 |
714 | |
715 | When $octet is... The utf8 flag in $utf8 is |
716 | --------------------------------------------- |
717 | In ASCII only (or EBCDIC only) OFF |
718 | In ISO-8859-1 ON |
719 | In any other Encoding ON |
720 | --------------------------------------------- |
721 | |
722 | As you see, there is one exception, In ASCII. That way you can assue |
723 | Goal #1. And with Encode Goal #2 is assumed but you still have to be |
724 | careful in such cases mentioned in B<CAVEAT> paragraphs. |
725 | |
726 | This utf8 flag is not visible in perl scripts, exactly for the same |
727 | reason you cannot (or you I<don't have to>) see if a scalar contains a |
728 | string, integer, or floating point number. But you can still peek |
729 | and poke these if you will. See the section below. |
730 | |
731 | =back |
732 | |
733 | =head2 Messing with Perl's Internals |
4411f3b6 |
734 | |
47bfe92f |
735 | The following API uses parts of Perl's internals in the current |
0ab8f81e |
736 | implementation. As such, they are efficient but may change. |
4411f3b6 |
737 | |
7e19fb92 |
738 | =over 2 |
4411f3b6 |
739 | |
a63c962f |
740 | =item is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]) |
4411f3b6 |
741 | |
0ab8f81e |
742 | [INTERNAL] Tests whether the UTF-8 flag is turned on in the STRING. |
47bfe92f |
743 | If CHECK is true, also checks the data in STRING for being well-formed |
744 | UTF-8. Returns true if successful, false otherwise. |
4411f3b6 |
745 | |
b5ab1f6f |
746 | As of perl 5.8.1, L<utf8> also has utf8::is_utif8(). |
747 | |
a63c962f |
748 | =item _utf8_on(STRING) |
4411f3b6 |
749 | |
0ab8f81e |
750 | [INTERNAL] Turns on the UTF-8 flag in STRING. The data in STRING is |
4411f3b6 |
751 | B<not> checked for being well-formed UTF-8. Do not use unless you |
752 | B<know> that the STRING is well-formed UTF-8. Returns the previous |
0ab8f81e |
753 | state of the UTF-8 flag (so please don't treat the return value as |
754 | indicating success or failure), or C<undef> if STRING is not a string. |
4411f3b6 |
755 | |
a63c962f |
756 | =item _utf8_off(STRING) |
4411f3b6 |
757 | |
0ab8f81e |
758 | [INTERNAL] Turns off the UTF-8 flag in STRING. Do not use frivolously. |
759 | Returns the previous state of the UTF-8 flag (so please don't treat the |
760 | return value as indicating success or failure), or C<undef> if STRING is |
4411f3b6 |
761 | not a string. |
762 | |
763 | =back |
764 | |
765 | =head1 SEE ALSO |
766 | |
5d030b67 |
767 | L<Encode::Encoding>, |
768 | L<Encode::Supported>, |
6d1c0808 |
769 | L<Encode::PerlIO>, |
5d030b67 |
770 | L<encoding>, |
6d1c0808 |
771 | L<perlebcdic>, |
772 | L<perlfunc/open>, |
773 | L<perlunicode>, |
774 | L<utf8>, |
5d030b67 |
775 | the Perl Unicode Mailing List E<lt>perl-unicode@perl.orgE<gt> |
4411f3b6 |
776 | |
85982a32 |
777 | =head1 MAINTAINER |
aae85ceb |
778 | |
779 | This project was originated by Nick Ing-Simmons and later maintained |
7e19fb92 |
780 | by Dan Kogai E<lt>dankogai@dan.co.jpE<gt>. See AUTHORS for a full |
781 | list of people involved. For any questions, use |
b7a5c9de |
782 | E<lt>perl-unicode@perl.orgE<gt> so we can all share. |
aae85ceb |
783 | |
4411f3b6 |
784 | =cut |