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binmode STDOUT, ':utf8';
my $strA = "Bob\x{B4}s files";
...
say "strings are " . (($strA eq $strB) ? "eq" : "not eq");
say "strA flag is: ".Encode::is_utf8($strA);
say "strB flag is: ".Encode::is_utf8($strB);

  if (!Encode::is_utf8($str) && $str =~ m/\x80-\xff/) {
    $str = Encode::encode_utf8($str); # Get utf8 byte seq
    Encode::_utf8_on($str);           # and flip the flag
  }