Am 03.02.2010 um 08:55 schrieb Aristotle Pagaltzis: > * Michael Ludwig <michael.lud...@xing.com> [2010-02-02 17:35]: >> use encoding 'utf8'; > > The `encoding` pragma is broken. Do not use it. > > You want > > use open ':encoding(UTF-8)', ':std';
Thanks, Aristotle - that works correctly! I'm also including a pointer to another posting of yours, which goes into more detail about how it is broken, and which confirms and explains my observation. # Why do my Perl tests fail with `use encoding ‘utf8’`? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/492838/ I think the manpage should say that \x escapes do not work for codepoints from x80 through xFF when "use encoding 'utf8'. It looks like they're replaced by codepoint U+FFFD, which is the Unicode REPLACEMENT CHARACTER. http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/FFFD/index.htm The manpage says something about that character range (under CAVEATS > DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS), but I don't quite understand what it says. -- Michael.Ludwig (#) XING.com
