I won't believe this until I've seen it, reproduced as a minimal example

As I said: agreed. But can you think of anything else that might fit with the symptoms described and the apparent solution?

I couldn't, and all my attempts to try and re-create the situation also failed:

perl -CO -e" system q[ \perl64\bin\perl.exe -e\" print pack 'B8', '111
+11111'; \" | od -t x1 ]"
0000000 ff
0000001

perl -CO -e" system q[\perl64\bin\perl.exe -CO -e\"print pack 'B8', '1
+1111111'; \" | od -t x1 ]"
0000000 c3 bf
0000002

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I would have expected the first of those to produce the same od output as the second, had the second instance of perl inherited the stdout characteristics of its parent.

But I'm on windows, and disproving the possibility here, doesn't disprove it for other platforms, hence my asking the question.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

The start of some sanity?

In reply to Re^6: Standard handles inherited from a utf-8 enabled shell by BrowserUk
in thread Standard handles inherited from a utf-8 enabled shell by BrowserUk

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