So, I've got two 5.6.1 installs with the same Locale::Maketext and the Test::Simple. On fails with use utf8, on passes with use utf8.

I don't know where to begin to identify the problem.

In general, you start by examining those two 5.6.1 installs to see what's different between them (You examine %ENV, you examine %INC, you examine `perl -V`).

On the other hand, Locale::MakeText itself uses utf8, so you need to use utf8 regardless of the version of perl, especially if you're going to embed utf8 in source.

update: I'm betting you just got confused whilst turning utf8 on/off, and you compared one perl5.6.1 with utf8 on, and the other with utf8 off.

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In reply to Re: Test::* vs. utf8 pragma by PodMaster
in thread Test::* vs. utf8 pragma by jk2addict

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