Andrew Dunstan <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I tried something like that briefly and it failed. The trouble is, I > think, that since the engine tries a require it fails on the op test > before it even looks to see if the module is already loaded. I think we have little choice but to report this as a Perl bug. It essentially means that a "safe" interpreter cannot decide to preload modules that it thinks are safe; and to add insult to injury, the engine is apparently trying to require utf8 in some very low-level, hidden-behind-the-scenes place, yet using high-level trappable operations to do that. Maybe those are two different bugs. Either utf8 is part of the Perl core or it isn't; you can't have it both ways. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly