NAME

       IDNA::Punycode - DEPRECATED module for IDNA and Punyode

DESCRIPTION

       This module is deprecated.

       Please use Net::IDN::Encode to handle full domain names and Net::IDN::Punycode for raw
       Punycode encoding.

       This module is provided for compatibility with earlier versions of "IDNA::Punycode".

FUNCTIONS

       The following functions are imported by default. If you also "use Net::IDN::Punycode", be
       sure to disable import from this module:

         use IDNA::Punycode();

       idn_prefix($prefix)
           Sets $IDNA::Punycode::PREFIX to $prefix.

           Do not use this function in larger applications or environments in which multiple
           application share global variables (such as mod_perl). Instead, set the variable
           locally:

             local $IDNA::Punycode::PREFIX = 'yo--';

       encode_punycode($input)
           If $IDNA::Punycode::PREFIX is '', encodes $input with Punycode.

           If $IDNA::Punycode::PREFIX is not '', encodes $input with Punycode and adds the prefix
           if $input does contain non-base characters (i. e. characters above U+007F). If $input
           does not contain any non-base characters, it is returned as-is.

           This function does not do any string preparation as specified by nameprep or other
           stringprep profiles.  Use Net::IDN::Encode if you just want to convert a domain name.

           This function will croak on invalid input.

       decode_punycode($input)
           If $IDNA::Punycode::PREFIX is '', decodes $input with Punycode.

           If $IDNA::Punycode::PREFIX is not '', checks whether $input starts with the prefix. If
           $input starts with the prefix, the prefix is removed and the remainder is decoded with
           Punycode. If $input does not start with the prefix, it is returned as-is.

           Of course, this function does not do any string preparation as specified by nameprep
           or other stringprep profiles (or some sort of de-preparation).

           This function will croak on invalid input.

AUTHORS

       Claus Faerber <CFAERBER@cpan.org>

       Previous version written by Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net> and extended by
       Robert Urban <urban@UNIX-Beratung.de>.

LICENSE

       Copyright 2007-2010 Claus Faerber.

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       Encode, Net::IDN::Encode, Net::IDN::Punycode, RFC 3492
       (<http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3492.txt>)