Re^4: Directory operations and Unicode


XP is just a number
	PerlMonks

Re^4: Directory operations and Unicode

by nikosv (Deacon)

on Nov 09, 2011 at 05:45 UTC ( [id://936957]=note: print w/replies, xml )

Need Help??

in reply to Re^3: Directory operations and Unicode
in thread Directory operations and Unicode

hence I bypass any Wide APIs

in the sense that I don't have to deal or think about them them

you wrap them using a ridiculously large stack of other APIs. After uselessly burning a lot of CPU cycles

might be true but it gets the job done. what is your suggestion of doing it otherwise ?

Comment on Re^4: Directory operations and Unicode

Replies are listed 'Best First'.

Re^5: Directory operations and Unicode
by afoken (Chancellor) on Nov 11, 2011 at 13:29 UTC

what is your suggestion of doing it otherwise ?

Using the "wide" API directly, of course. As long as Perl is compiled as an ANSI application, the only way to do so is to write a module, either using XS or Win32::API. Perl can handle Unicode, the only annoyance is that Perl currently uses a different encoding than Windows, so each and every wrapper function that passes strings from and to Windows needs to convert the strings. DBD::ODBC is an example for this; compiled on Windows, it prefers the "wide" API for ODBC, unless explicitly disabled.

Alexander

--
Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)

[reply]

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom