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On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 10:45:53AM -0400, Ricardo Signes 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; Tom recommends a bit more boilerplate than that, although the only one (other than fatal warnings) that hasn't been mentioned is: use open qw(:std :encoding(UTF-8)); # undeclared streams in UTF-8 https://perldoc.perl.org/perlunicook#%E2%84%9E-0:-Standard-preamble And wow would I like to get rid of the "wide character in output" from my `perl -E` one-liners (I know, `perl -C -E`, but boilerplate!). l8rZ, -- andrew - http://afresh1.com At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer, you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer.Thread Previous | Thread Next