perl – DOB blog

perl-XML::LibXML + global external entity loader

b0001o0001u780782011-05-15

Just created a quick patch against perl XML::LibXML module, that adds global external entity loader support. Till now it was only possible to have per instance entity loader, but this is not enough if you want i.e., XML::LibXSLT to also use yours entity loader for imports, and input callbacks doesn’t suit all your needs. Usage […]

perl utf8 and using Digest functions

b0001o0001u780782011-04-27

I’ve implemented new neat feature (to store unique content only once in cache) to my perl based etl tool and suddenly it started to print sometimes ‘Wide character in subroutine entry‘ perl warning in sha1_hex call. As if this was not enough processed content after being stored in cache started to be utf-8 corrupted in […]