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-rw-r--r--lib/charnames.pm4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/charnames.pm b/lib/charnames.pm
index 28e0282788..2efe3d58b2 100644
--- a/lib/charnames.pm
+++ b/lib/charnames.pm
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sub vianame
# can't change it because of backward compatibility. New code can use
# string_vianame() instead.
my $ord = CORE::hex $1;
- return chr $ord if $ord <= 255 || ! ((caller 0)[8] & $bytes::hint_bits);
+ return pack("U", $ord) if $ord <= 255 || ! ((caller 0)[8] & $bytes::hint_bits);
_charnames::carp _charnames::not_legal_use_bytes_msg($arg, chr $ord);
return;
}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ sub string_vianame {
if ($arg =~ /^U\+([0-9a-fA-F]+)$/) {
my $ord = CORE::hex $1;
- return chr $ord if $ord <= 255 || ! ((caller 0)[8] & $bytes::hint_bits);
+ return pack("U", $ord) if $ord <= 255 || ! ((caller 0)[8] & $bytes::hint_bits);
_charnames::carp _charnames::not_legal_use_bytes_msg($arg, chr $ord);
return;