On 12 Apr 2007 15:36:31 -0000, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote > Éric Cholet wrote in perl.unicode :
> > Okay, I know, it wants a Unicode Collation Element Table, it's well > > documented in the pod where to get such a table. > > But: > > - it wants this file to be in $foo/Unicode/Collate/allkeys.txt where > > $foo is in @INC, which is very inconvenient, and even impossible to > > achieve in some hosted environments. > > - It seems the default table (DUCET) isn't bundled with Perl because > > of its size (1.2 Mb). Maybe "1.2Mb is too big" could be reconsidered > > w.r.t today's environment. At any rate does it really make sense that > > Unicode::Collate is in core but unusable as is? > > Well duh : > $ du -hs p4blead > 73M p4blead > So yes. If Sadahiro agrees, I'll add it. Absolutely I agree that it will be added to perl-current, since a DUCET has been included in the CPAN-ized version. The documentation of U::C should make sense whether DECET would be installed with the perl core or not. While the lastest DUCET(*) is for Unicode 5.0.0, (*)http://www.unicode.org/Public/UCA/latest/allkeys.txt the latest U::C on CPAN has the DUCET for Unicode 4.1.0. However I won't upload U::C with DUCET for Unicode 5.0.0 until perl 5.8.9 with Unicode Character Database 5.0.0 will have been released. The reason is: - Due to the stability of the Unicode normalization, perl 5.8.9/5.9.5 with U.C.D.5.0.0 and DUCET for 4.1.0 can perform conformantly the collation for 4.1.0. - As DUCET doesn't keep backward compatibility, the latest maint (5.8.8) with U.C.D. 4.1.0 and DUCET for 5.0.0 is conformant neither with 4.1.0 nor with 5.0.0. Hence my intention is to upload a newer U::C with DUCET for 5.0.0 onto CPAN after release of perl 5.8.9 with U.C.D. 5.0.0 as a newer maint-perl. Speaking technically perl-current (and perl-5.8.x) can have either of DUCET for 4.1.0 and that for 5.0.0. If perl 5.8.9/5.9.5 will have DUCET for 4.1.0, it can do the collation for 4.1.0, but not for 5.0.0. If perl 5.8.9/5.9.5 will have DUCET for 5.0.0, it can do the collation 5.0.0 taking advantage of its U.C.D. 5.0.0. Regards, SADAHIRO Tomoyuki
