package locale; our $VERSION = '1.00'; =head1 NAME locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations =head1 SYNOPSIS @x = sort @y; # ASCII sorting order { use locale; @x = sort @y; # Locale-defined sorting order } @x = sort @y; # ASCII sorting order again =head1 DESCRIPTION This pragma tells the compiler to enable (or disable) the use of POSIX locales for built-in operations (LC_CTYPE for regular expressions, and LC_COLLATE for string comparison). Each "use locale" or "no locale" affects statements to the end of the enclosing BLOCK. See L for more detailed information on how Perl supports locales. =cut $locale::hint_bits = 0x4; sub import { $^H |= $locale::hint_bits; } sub unimport { $^H &= ~$locale::hint_bits; } 1;