Subj : ANNOUNCE: Locale-Codes 1.06
To   : All
From : Neil Bowers
Date : Sun Mar 11 2001 08:40 am

From: Neil Bowers <neilb@cre.canon.co.uk>

Locale-Codes 1.06 adds support for multiple codesets to Locale::Country:

        $CPAN/authors/id/NEILB/Locale-Codes-1.06.tar.gz

As of this release, Locale::Country supports all three codesets defined by ISO 
3166:

        alpha-2
            The two-letter country codes (eg 'bo' for Bolivia).
            This is the most widely used, and was previously the only
            one supported.

        alpha-3
            Three-letter country codes (eg 'tkl' for Tokelau).

        numeric
            Numeric country codes (eg 776 for Tonga)

The module is backwards compatible - if no codeset is specified, then alpha-2 
is assumed. An additional function allows you to convert codes between the 
codesets.

At the moment Locale::Language and Locale::Currency still support a single 
codeset - this addition was prompted by Keith Wall, who needed this 
functionality in Locale::Country.

WHAT ARE THESE MODULES?

        This distribution contains three modules which can be used to
        process ISO codes for identifying languages, countries,
        and currencies & funds:

            Locale::Country  - country codes, defined by ISO 3166
            Locale::Language - language codes defined by ISO 639
            Locale::Currency - currency/fund codes defined by ISO 4217

        Each module provides conversion between {country,language,currency}
        names and codes, and routines for getting a list of all codes
        or all {country,language,currency} names.

Neil

--- BBBS/LiI v4.01 Flag-2
 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:2320/38)

.