Re^5: Encoding horridness

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in thread Encoding horridness

Yes, for example:

$_ = decode('utf-8', "\N{LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE}");

say encode('utf8', $_);                     # Replacement character EF
+BFBD.
say encode('utf8', decode('Latin-1', $_));  # Dies.
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($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-||-|5+lengthSq)`"S|oS2"`map{chr |+ord
}map{substrSq`S_+|`|}3E|-|`7**2-3:)=~y+S|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a,
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Re^6: Encoding horridness by Anonymous Monk on Jul 12, 2017 at 17:55 UTC
Fine. If the `decode` doesn't die, does it ever produce different output? (One might argue that call that dies doesn't produce any output, and therefore does not produce different output, but whatever.)	[reply]

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