Re: [wxperl-users] wxInputStream and multibyte character sets

[Mattia B. <mat...@li...>]

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:39:29 +0100
Mark Dootson <mar...@zn...> wrote:

> Mattia Barbon wrote:
> >   I do not agree with what you write above (note: I am not saying the current implementation is correct!)
> > what I think readline should do is work with bytes: 
> > 
> >  read a char from the stream
> >  add it to a charbuffer
> >  if char == '\n' {
> >      return the buffer as a byte string, without performing any conversion
> >  }
> > 
> >   I believe that automatically interpreting program output based upon
> > wxWidgets ideas (which usually means using the current locale) will cause
> > trouble.  Returning bytes leaves the interpretation to the calling program
> > which is always a safe choice.
> 
> I think you are right. Bytes makes much more sense.

  Changed in Subversion.  I tried it with Wx::Perl::ProcessStream 0.09
and it works as I expect.  Pleas let me know if it works for you too.

Regards,
Mattia