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[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / lib / utf8.pm

diff --git a/lib/utf8.pm b/lib/utf8.pm
index 3098fe2..6d6c0eb 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/utf8.pm
+++ b/lib/utf8.pm
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
 package utf8;
 
+if (ord('A') != 193) { # make things more pragmatic for EBCDIC folk
+
+$utf8::hint_bits = 0x00800000;
+
 sub import {
-    $^H |= 0x00800000;
+    $^H |= $utf8::hint_bits;
     $enc{caller()} = $_[1] if $_[1];
 }
 
 sub unimport {
-    $^H &= ~0x00800000;
+    $^H &= ~$utf8::hint_bits;
 }
 
 sub AUTOLOAD {
     require "utf8_heavy.pl";
-    goto &$AUTOLOAD;
+    goto &$AUTOLOAD if defined &$AUTOLOAD;
+    Carp::croak("Undefined subroutine $AUTOLOAD called");
+}
+
 }
 
 1;
@@ -29,7 +36,7 @@ utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 in source code
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 WARNING: The implementation of Unicode support in Perl is incomplete.
-Expect sudden and unannounced changes!
+See L<perlunicode> for the exact details.
 
 The C<use utf8> pragma tells the Perl parser to allow UTF-8 in the
 program text in the current lexical scope.  The C<no utf8> pragma
@@ -42,7 +49,9 @@ in future we would like to standardize on the UTF-8 encoding for
 source text.  Until UTF-8 becomes the default format for source
 text, this pragma should be used to recognize UTF-8 in the source.
 When UTF-8 becomes the standard source format, this pragma will
-effectively become a no-op.
+effectively become a no-op.  This pragma already is a no-op on
+EBCDIC platforms (where it is alright to code perl in EBCDIC 
+rather than UTF-8).
 
 Enabling the C<utf8> pragma has the following effects: