use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper qw( Dumper ); $Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1; $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1; $Data::Dumper::Indent = 0; my $s = chr(0xC9); utf8::downgrade($s); print(Dumper(pack('V/a*', $s)), "\n"); utf8::upgrade($s); print(Dumper(pack('V/a*', $s)), "\n"); print(Dumper(pack('V/a*', "\x{C9}\x{2660}")), "\n"); #### "\1\0\0\0\311" # Ok "\1\0\0\0\x{c9}" # Ok "\2\0\0\0\x{c9}\x{2660}" # Does this make sense??? #### "\1\0\0\0\311" # Ok "\1\0\0\0\303" # XXX "\2\0\0\0\303\242" # XXX