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diff --git a/converters/p5-Unicode-Map/pkg-descr b/converters/p5-Unicode-Map/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..be3b0684087d --- /dev/null +++ b/converters/p5-Unicode-Map/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Unicode::MAP +------------ + +This module converts strings from and to 2-byte Unicode UCS2 format. +All mappings happen via 2 byte UTF16 encodings, not via 1 byte UTF8 +encoding. To convert between UTF8 and UTF16 use Unicode::String. + +For historical reasons this module coexists with Unicode::Map8. +Please use Unicode::Map8 unless you need to care for >1 byte character +sets, e.g. chinese GB2312. Anyway, if you stick to the basic +functionality (see documentation) you can use both modules equivalently. + +Practically this module will disappear from earth sooner or later as +Unicode mapping support needs somehow to get into perl's core. If you +like to work on this field please don't hesitate contacting Gisle Aas +and check out the mailing list perl-unicode! |