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On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 4:46 PM Ricardo Signes <perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org> wrote: > Porters, > > I propose that "use v5.36.0" should imply that the source code is, > subsequently, UTF-8 encoded. > > Currently, I advise the following boilerplate: > > use v5.34.0; > use warnings; > use utf8; > > > We're on the cusp or merging warnings in. Next, we merge in utf8. This > shouldn't break existing programs, only programs that opt to change > behavior by adding v5.36.0. > > With that, the boilerplate could be: > > use v5.36.0; > > > This doesn't need to load utf8.pm, and could just alter $^H, but: > whatever. > > -- > rjbs > I agree.Thread Previous