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author | Siep Kroonenberg <siepo@cybercomm.nl> | 2011-02-17 16:52:23 +0000 |
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committer | Siep Kroonenberg <siepo@cybercomm.nl> | 2011-02-17 16:52:23 +0000 |
commit | 8da2d23733595367fad869e5fbc6c9a87041879b (patch) | |
tree | 0f3719f4eea97f872b6347c6d9ff5aa2ccd38299 /Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/locale.pm | |
parent | 9d55a4cf517a832c74e85179eac4239f9be8d2e7 (diff) |
New tlperl part VIII
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@21430 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/locale.pm b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/locale.pm new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a51e2b1c097 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/locale.pm @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +package locale; + +our $VERSION = '1.00'; + +=head1 NAME + +locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + @x = sort @y; # ASCII sorting order + { + use locale; + @x = sort @y; # Locale-defined sorting order + } + @x = sort @y; # ASCII sorting order again + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +This pragma tells the compiler to enable (or disable) the use of POSIX +locales for built-in operations (LC_CTYPE for regular expressions, and +LC_COLLATE for string comparison). Each "use locale" or "no locale" +affects statements to the end of the enclosing BLOCK. + +See L<perllocale> for more detailed information on how Perl supports +locales. + +=cut + +$locale::hint_bits = 0x4; + +sub import { + $^H |= $locale::hint_bits; +} + +sub unimport { + $^H &= ~$locale::hint_bits; +} + +1; |