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| author | Juerd Waalboer <#####@juerd.nl> | 2007-11-17 21:03:00 +0100 |
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| committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2007-11-23 10:58:24 +0000 |
| commit | 740d4bb23b722729f87a23733be98429529fd900 (patch) | |
| tree | 878b0c5b967bc4472bfe693ee737fb9c2c218019 /pod/perlrun.pod | |
| parent | e056e17d86381d9e7aef09f26f070da3695a94b4 (diff) | |
| download | perl-740d4bb23b722729f87a23733be98429529fd900.tar.gz | |
[patch] :utf8 updates
Message-ID: <20071117190300.GY10696@c4.convolution.nl>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@32461
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diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod index 33d4f55db8..f345a78b7c 100644 --- a/pod/perlrun.pod +++ b/pod/perlrun.pod @@ -1124,9 +1124,9 @@ X<:utf8> A pseudolayer that turns on a flag on the layer below to tell perl that output should be in utf8 and that input should be regarded as -already in utf8 form. May be useful in PERLIO environment -variable to make UTF-8 the default. (To turn off that behaviour -use C<:bytes> layer.) +already in valid utf8 form. It does not check for validity and as such +should be handled with caution for input. Generally C<:encoding(utf8)> is +the best option when reading UTF-8 encoded data. =item :win32 X<:win32> |