in reply to XML::Simple, Switch and UTF8 errors

Can you do a: 
use Data::Dumper;
$Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1;
print Dumper $foo;

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and let us know what it shows?

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Re: Re: XML::Simple, Switch and UTF8 errors
by traveler (Parson) on Feb 02, 2004 at 22:14 UTC
    Yep. I had not included it because it was not "special": 
    $VAR1 = "combo";

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    It looks that way on the screen, too.

    BTW, I have even tried changing the encoding parameter in the XML. If it matters, this is all under ActiveState 5.8.1 on XP. The XML was created using Notepad...

    --traveler

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      Reduced the problem to this: 
      $ perl -we'$x = "combo\x{fff}"; chop($x); 0 eq (~$x&$x)'
Useless use of string eq in void context at -e line 1.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x9c, with no 
+preceding
start byte) in bitwise and (&) at -e line 1.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x90, with no 
+preceding
start byte) in bitwise and (&) at -e line 1.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x92, with no 
+preceding
start byte) in bitwise and (&) at -e line 1.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x9d, with no 
+preceding
start byte) in bitwise and (&) at -e line 1.
Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0x90, with no 
+preceding
start byte) in bitwise and (&) at -e line 1.

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      Switch.pm is using a peculiarity of ~ and & operator to see if the value is a number or a string, and it's failing when the value being switched upon has the UTF8 flag set but no characters with code points > 255.

      This seems to be a bug in ~: it's returning non-UTF8 with the UTF8 flag set.

      Update: This was fixed just a few days ago (see perlbug #24926).

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