#!/usr/local/bin/perl

use utf8;
use v5.16;
use strict;
use warnings;
use warnings qw(FATAL utf8);
use diagnostics;
use open qw(:std :utf8);
use charnames qw(:full :short);

use File::Basename;
my $application = basename $0;

use Data::Dumper;
$Data::Dumper::Indent = 1;

use Try::Tiny;

my $str = "Hello ȓ (r-caret)";

say Dumper(\$str);

open(my $fh, '<', \$str);
print while ($_ = $fh->getc());
close($fh);
print "\n";

try {
  use IO::File;
  my $fh = IO::File->new();
  $fh->open(\$str, '<');
  print while ($_ = $fh->getc());
  $fh->close();
  print "\n";
}
catch {
  say "\nOops: $_";
};

try {
  use IO::File;
  my $fh = IO::File->new();
  $fh->open(\$str, '<:encoding(UTF-8)');
  print while ($_ = $fh->getc());
  $fh->close();
  print "\n";
}
catch {
  say "\nOops: $_";
};
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