note robin This change was made by [japhy]: see [http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.changes/10494?show_headers=1|here] and [http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2004-04/msg00741.html|here]. I guess you should ask him why he changed it. <p> The easiest way to find out when and by whom (and frequently why) something was changed is to use the [http://public.activestate.com/cgi-bin/perlbrowse?file=lib%2Funicore%2Fmktables&blame=1|Blamelog] feature of the [http://public.activestate.com/cgi-bin/perlbrowse|Perl repository browser]. Just click on the line number of the line you're interested in. 514729 514729