From: Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:28:17 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention -C on #! line in perltodo. Remove some trailing whitespace that
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Mention -C on #! line in perltodo. Remove some trailing whitespace that
podchecker warned over.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@29719
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diff --git a/pod/perltodo.pod b/pod/perltodo.pod
index f7782c7..74e5a86 100644
--- a/pod/perltodo.pod
+++ b/pod/perltodo.pod
@@ -529,6 +529,15 @@ PerlIO doesn't do directories or symlinks, either: mkdir(), rmdir(),
 opendir(), closedir(), seekdir(), rewinddir(), glob(); symlink(),
 readlink().
 
+=head2 -C on the #! line
+
+It should be possible to make -C work correctly if found on the #! line,
+given that all perl command line options are strict ASCII, and -C changes
+only the interpretation of non-ASCII characters, and not for the script file
+handle. To make it work needs some investigation of the ordering of function
+calls during startup, and (by implication) a bit of tweaking of that order.
+
+
 =head1 Tasks that need a knowledge of the interpreter
 
 These tasks would need C knowledge, and knowledge of how the interpreter works,
@@ -655,5 +664,3 @@ This will allow the use of a regex from inside (?{ }), (??{ }) and
 Apparently these are quite useful. Anyway, Jeffery Friedl wants them.
 
 demerphq has this on his todo list, but right at the bottom.  
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