> >>>>> "SW" == Sam Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> SW> Currently I am working on TT 2.1 and perl 5.8.0.
>
> SW> The template I am using contains unicode char and encoded as
> SW> UTF-8.
>
> SW> But perl seems dun aware that my template is utf-8 and it treat it
> SW> in raw-byte mode. How can I make it works?
>
> The only way to use utf-8 templates I found is to subclass
> Template::Provider and overload private method _load.
>
> Here code we used to do this:
>
> package Datamodel::Template::Provider;
>
> use base qw(Template::Provider);
>
> use Datamodel::Tools qw(utf8_upgrade);
>
> sub _load {
> my $self = shift;
>
> my ($data, $error) = $self->SUPER::_load(@_);
>
> if(defined $data) {
> $data->{text} = utf8_upgrade($data->{text});
> }
>
> return ($data, $error);
> }
>
> utf8_upgrade is defined as
>
> # converts UTF-8 byte sequence to native Perl UTF-8 string
> sub utf8_upgrade {
> my @list = map pack('U*', unpack 'U0U*', $_), @_;
> return wantarray ? @list : $list[0];
> }
>
> I think utf8_upgrade can be replaced with one of funcs from utf8.pm
> put we were using it for hysterical reasons.
>
> Once you have subclassed Template::Provider you should use it with
> Template object.
>
> Template->new({ LOAD_TEMPLATES => [
Datamodel::Template::Provider->new ] });
>
> Also I found that that you cannot use Template::Stash::XS with utf-8
> strings. If it is enabled by default make sure you revert to pure Perl
> version:
>
>
> Template->new({ STASH => Template::Stash->new,
> LOAD_TEMPLATES => [
Datamodel::Template::Provider->new ] });
>
> --
> Ilya Martynov, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> CTO IPonWEB (UK) Ltd
> Quality Perl Programming and Unix Support
> UK managed @ offshore prices - http://www.iponweb.net
> Personal website - http://martynov.org
>
Thanks.
Another work around I have found working so far is to include...
[% RAWPERL %]
use utf-8;
[% END %]
...at the head of EVERY templates...
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