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From:
Felipe Gasper
Date:
August 2, 2021 15:46
Subject:
Re: "use v5.36.0" should imply UTF-8 encoded source
Message ID:
27726496-908B-47BC-A9A2-5A4945B91E1A@felipegasper.com


> On Aug 2, 2021, at 11:25 AM, Dan Book <grinnz@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> STDOUT and STDERR expect bytes unless one does "use open ':std', IO => ':encoding(UTF-8)';" which changes the assumption of those interfaces so isn't great. DBI drivers, Mojolicious interfaces, etc expect characters.

Of note: DBI drivers, by default, seem more predominantly to expect *bytes*, not characters. At least, SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL do.

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