Re: [LONG] Possible utf8 implementation

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#1467 (status was 'resolved')

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From The RT System itself

  Nick> of Perl_croak("Oops %s ...",charptr)

Do you mean inside the core or from XS?
 
  Nick> - can we have (say) %ls to say string is utf8 - is this too
  Nick> weird or already "taken" for wchar_t ? - always use %_ -
  Nick> another nifty idea from the list?

You may recall we discussed enhancing Perl_croak to throw objects in
the developer session at TPC3.0. Graham, Andy Wardley & myself
volunteered to investigate this with a view to providing Perl with a
complete, light-weight exceptions mechanism based on Graham's Error &
Fatal modules & what ever we thought appropriate to rip-off from other
languages, notably Java's exception/error class hierarchy. My vote
goes for insisting on Perl_croak being 7bit clean for now, till we
have a clearer picture of what throwing objects from the core means.

  Nick> $@​ is an SV so there is no issue with its holding the value,
  Nick> what is less clear is Perl_warner() & other spots where
  Nick> Perl_mess() is playing with strings.

These should stop doing that anyway.

--
Stephen
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"If 8-year-old boys discharging loaded firearms into their own legs
isn't necessary to the maintenance of a well-regulated militia, I
don't know what is." - Randal Cummings as reported in The Onion, 25/5/99

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@iabyn - Status changed from 'stalled' to 'resolved'