or download this
perl -MEncode -le '$a="\x{0341}"; $b=encode("utf8",$a); print "a:b ",
+(($a eq $b) ? "same":"different")'
...
perl -MEncode -le '$a=decode("utf8","foo"); $b=encode("utf8","foo"); p
+rint "a:b ", (($a eq $b) ? "same":"different")'
# still prints "same