1URI::_punycode(3)     User Contributed Perl Documentation    URI::_punycode(3)
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NAME

6       URI::_punycode - encodes Unicode string in Punycode
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SYNOPSIS

9         use URI::_punycode;
10         $punycode = encode_punycode($unicode);
11         $unicode  = decode_punycode($punycode);
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DESCRIPTION

14       URI::_punycode is a module to encode / decode Unicode strings into
15       Punycode, an efficient encoding of Unicode for use with IDNA.
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17       This module requires Perl 5.6.0 or over to handle UTF8 flagged Unicode
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FUNCTIONS

21       This module exports following functions by default.
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23       encode_punycode
24             $punycode = encode_punycode($unicode);
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26           takes Unicode string (UTF8-flagged variable) and returns Punycode
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29       decode_punycode
30             $unicode = decode_punycode($punycode)
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32           takes Punycode encoding and returns original Unicode string.
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34       These functions throw exceptions on failure. You can catch 'em via
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AUTHOR

38       Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net> is the author of
39       IDNA::Punycode v0.02 which was the basis for this module.
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41       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
42       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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SEE ALSO

45       IDNA::Punycode, RFC 3492
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