Re: Interpretation of non-UTF8 strings

> 
> To make it all work I just had to:
> 
> - Subclass CGI.pm (so that strings are marked as UTF-8)
> 
> - Write an SQL layer that marks all the string that come from MySQL as 
> UTF-8 (3.21 doesn't support unicode but it doesn't mean that you can't 
> store Unicode text in Blobs...). For good measure, I also make sure that 
> all the strings are stored in NFC (useful for searches and stuff when 
> using a non-unicode aware system...)
> 
> - Make my templating system Petal slightly aware of Unicode and serve 
> all the pages as UTF-8.
> 
> And then whamo! Everything works fine. As long as you make sure that 
> your strings are properly encoded in Perl's internal format, "It Just 
> Works..."

Sounds cool.

Would you be interested in writing a perl.com article on this?  Or at
least a white paper.  I think many people would find it interesting and
useful.  Contact Simon Cozens, tell him I sent you :-)

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