On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 9:21 AM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users < perl6-users@perl.org> wrote:
> > Yes, I know there are other ways to read a file. I > have a specific reason for using `read`. > > How do I properly turn a Buf into a Str (all the bytes will > have been tested to make sure they are printable first)? > If the characters are UTF-8 compatible, you can call $buf.decode on it to decode it into characters (graphemes) that make up a Str. If they are in some other encoding, and that encoding is supported, you can pass that in to .decode() https://docs.perl6.org/routine/decode Curt
