From: David Mitchell Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:41:09 +0000 (+0000) Subject: more prose fixups to bytes.pm deprecation warning X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=677a29545230804411babf7eefdbced18ffdd71d;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git more prose fixups to bytes.pm deprecation warning (suggested by Dr.Rudd) --- diff --git a/lib/bytes.pm b/lib/bytes.pm index 97ba731..918c8ee 100644 --- a/lib/bytes.pm +++ b/lib/bytes.pm @@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character semantics =head1 DEPRECATED This pragma reflects early attempts to incorporate Unicode into perl and -has since been superceded. It breaks encapulation (i.e. it exposes the -innards of how perl happens to be currently storing a string), and use of -this module for anything other than debugging purposes is strongly -discouraged. If you feel that the functions here within might be useful -for your application, this possibly indicates a mismatch beteen your -mental model of Perl Unicode and the current reality. In that case, you -may wish to peruse some of the perl Unicode documentation: L, -L, L and L. +has since been superseded. It breaks encapsulation (i.e. it exposes the +innards of how the perl executable currently happens to store a string), +and use of this module for anything other than debugging purposes is +strongly discouraged. If you feel that the functions here within might be +useful for your application, this possibly indicates a mismatch beteen +your mental model of Perl Unicode and the current reality. In that case, +you may wish to peruse some of the perl Unicode documentation: +L, L, L and L. =head1 SYNOPSIS