use v5.12; use warnings; use Data::Dump; my $t1='едц'; ddx $t1; say "length: ",length $t1; use utf8; my $t2='едц'; ddx $t2; say "length: ",length $t2; #### # demo_utf8.pl:8: "\xC3\xA5\xC3\xA4\xC3\xB6" <-- bytes length: 6 # demo_utf8.pl:14: "\xE5\xE4\xF6" <-- code points length: 3