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Fix whitespace difference between blead and upstream in MM_Unix.pm
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bbce6d69 1package locale;
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3our $VERSION = '1.00';
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bbce6d69 5=head1 NAME
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7locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations
8
9=head1 SYNOPSIS
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11 @x = sort @y; # ASCII sorting order
12 {
13 use locale;
14 @x = sort @y; # Locale-defined sorting order
15 }
16 @x = sort @y; # ASCII sorting order again
17
18=head1 DESCRIPTION
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20This pragma tells the compiler to enable (or disable) the use of POSIX
21locales for built-in operations (LC_CTYPE for regular expressions, and
22LC_COLLATE for string comparison). Each "use locale" or "no locale"
23affects statements to the end of the enclosing BLOCK.
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25See L<perllocale> for more detailed information on how Perl supports
26locales.
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bbce6d69 28=cut
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2de3dbcc 30$locale::hint_bits = 0x4;
d5448623 31
bbce6d69 32sub import {
d5448623 33 $^H |= $locale::hint_bits;
bbce6d69 34}
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36sub unimport {
d5448623 37 $^H &= ~$locale::hint_bits;
bbce6d69 38}
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401;