So what I understand is the use utf8 that I have in my modules will just simplify any ... to ...

If you think this is an enhancement -- and you have no other reason for use utf8 in your code -- I would consider it a false "advantage", especially if you need (now or in the future) to add use Encode to your script, since you will then have a clash in how the decode() function is defined.

Did you notice this (rather prominent) passage in the perldoc "utf8" man page?

Do not use this pragma for anything else than telling Perl that your script is written in UTF-8.

(Italics added, bold in original.)

In reply to Re^3: Do I have a unicode problem, or is this something else? by graff
in thread Do I have a unicode problem, or is this something else? by Steve_BZ

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