Locale-Sensitive Perl Method
readlink EXPR;
Internationalization (I18n) Method Overview
The readlink function returns the value of a symbolic link.
See perl's readlink function documentation
and perlunicode for
additional details.
I18n Issues
Perl does attempt to resolve Unicode text input to the readlink function. The input is
instead provided as bytestrings. The proper encoding for strings passed to this function may be
dependent on the operating and file system(s). For example, Unicode may or may not be allowed in file
names. And the exact Unicode encoding may differ on different platforms ('UTF-8', 'UTF-16 Big Endian',
etc.).
Whether readlink constitutes an i18n issue will depend on its usage in the
application, and what architecture it can be expected to run on.
Suggested Replacement
Use care when providing byte-strings to system . Double check that the provided argument(s)
will be tuned for the correct system architecture and encoding.
Globalyzer will detect this function and report it as an i18n issue. If you have determined that the call
is being handled correctly, you can use Globalyzer's Ignore Comment functionality to ensure that it
isn't picked up in a subsequent scan.
Locale-Sensitive Perl Methods
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