[Xml-compile] Re: [PATCH] XML::Compile::SOAP on Perl 5.6.1

[Mark Overmeer]

[is this really something to get London.pm involved in?  Let's
 continue solely on the XML::Compile mailing list after this]

* Toby Corkindale (tjc at wintrmute.net) [080911 01:38]:
> The attached patches to Log::Report and XML::Compile::SOAP are enough
> to get it functional on Perl 5.6, despite the normal requirements for
> Perl 5.8.

I think both patches will make it main stream, with a little rewrite.
What about:

  if ($] >= 5.008002)
  {   require Encode;
      Encode->import;
  }
  else
  {   *encode = sub { $_[1] };
  }

What do you think?  Or should it use utf8::downgrade for some subset of
older versions?
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