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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/charnames.pm b/lib/charnames.pm
index bd97983abc..59350b2df9 100644
--- a/lib/charnames.pm
+++ b/lib/charnames.pm
@@ -29,17 +29,15 @@ sub charnames {
}
die "Unknown charname '$name'" unless @off;
- # use caller 'encoding'; # Does not work at compile time?
-
my $ord = hex substr $txt, $off[0] - 4, 4;
- if ($^H & 0x8) {
- use utf8;
- return chr $ord;
+ if ($^H & 0x10) { # "use byte" in effect?
+ use byte;
+ return chr $ord if $ord <= 255;
+ my $hex = sprintf '%X=0%o', $ord, $ord;
+ my $fname = substr $txt, $off[0] + 2, $off[1] - $off[0] - 2;
+ die "Character 0x$hex with name '$fname' is above 0xFF";
}
- return chr $ord if $ord <= 255;
- my $hex = sprintf '%X=0%o', $ord, $ord;
- my $fname = substr $txt, $off[0] + 2, $off[1] - $off[0] - 2;
- die "Character 0x$hex with name '$fname' is above 0xFF";
+ return chr $ord;
}
sub import {