This module converts strings from and to 2-byte unicode ucs2 format. all mappings happen via 2 byte utf16 encodings, not via 1 byte utf8 encoding. to convert between utf8 and utf16 use unicode::string.

for historical reasons this module coexists with unicode::map8. please use unicode::map8 unless you need to care for >1 byte character sets, e.g. chinese gb2312. anyway, if you stick to the basic functionality (see documentation) you can use both modules equivalently.

the 'libwww-perl' package is needed to run the example mirrormappings.