sub my_print($)
{
        my($string) = @_;
        my $is_utf8 = is_utf8(${$string});
        _utf8_off(${$string}) if($is_utf8);
        print ${$string};
        _utf8_on(${$string}) if($is_utf8);
}

my_print( \$string );

##</code><code>##

sub my_print($) {
   my $string_ref = shift;
   my $string = $$string_ref;
   utf8::encode( $string );
   print $string;
}

my_print( \$string );

##</code><code>##

sub my_print {
   my $s = join( $,, @_ ) . $\;
   utf8::encode( $s );
   print( $s );
}

my_print( $string );