Dan Kogai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >On Tuesday, April 16, 2002, at 01:06 , Nick Ing-Simmons wrote: >> So we need some way of telling from an encoding object (e.g. >> an attribute or a method call) that it needs line buffering >> so that :encoding layer can take the appropriate steps. > >Okay, which way do you like, attribute or method ?
Let us make it a method - then most encodings can inherit as default. >I think method is >more elegant but attribute seems easier to fetch. Since this is more >for PerlIO than Encode itself, I would appreciate if you gave me the API >(just name would be enough) But hard to think of - don't blame you for asking. >and I will add them to ISO-2022 stuff (not >just JP but KR has one, too). Add sub line_aware { '' } # false to Encode::Encoding and sub line_aware { "\n" } # true, hint at chars that will do To those that need it Exact meaning of value of string (other than as truth value) to be thrashed out later. May either be $/ like, or perhaps a "set" or ... > >Dan -- Nick Ing-Simmons http://www.ni-s.u-net.com/