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From:
jvromans
Date:
May 3, 2012 10:47
Subject:
Re: unicode question
Message ID:
20386.50314.700457.977797@phoenix.squirrel.nl
[Quoting demerphq, on May 3 2012, 17:38, in "Re: unicode question"]
> > I expect a Perl program that processes binary information from
> > STDIN to use an explicit binmode.
> 
> Based on what documentation?

E.g, from Camel IV, p. 906:

   If you’re running on a system that distinguishes between text and
   binary files, you may need to put your filehandle into binary
   mode—or forgo doing so, as the case may be—to avoid mutilating your
   files. On such systems, if you use text mode on a binary file, or
   binary mode on a text file, you probably won’t like the results.

&c.

-- Johan

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