Thanks, applied as 1a7511606ba00a5c02bdde113dbf53d913b47fed EIGHT_BIT_UTF8_TO_NATIVE is not documented because it's too low level to encourage others to use. But the name is supposed to signify that it fits in a U8 -- Karl Williamson --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: new https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133088