On Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 11:42 , Paul Marquess wrote: > I agree that passing undef() to one of the encoding functions may be an > edge > condition too far, but passing a variable that contains undef is more > common. > > $ perl5.7.3 -w -MEncode -e 'Encode::encode_utf8($a)' > Name "main::a" used only once: possible typo at -e line 1. > Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at > /tmp/bleed/lib/perl5/5.7.3/sun4-solaris/Encode.pm line 183. > > Can this be detected & silenced?
You've got a point. Warning should warn when and only when there is a danger therein and passing undef itself is harmless. And this can be done easily by adding "defined $str or return;" for each sub concerned. Okay, I'll go for that. Dan the Encode Maintainer
