Re^3: Do I have a unicode problem, or is this something else?

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.)

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Re^4: Do I have a unicode problem, or is this something else? by Steve_BZ (Chaplain) on Jun 10, 2010 at 17:03 UTC
Hi Graff, Well in fact the first mechanism didn't work for me but the second did. I'm sure it was something to do with my own code! So I changed `use utf8` to `use Encode` throughout and everything sprung to life, incluyding some code which I didn't know wasn't working! So now I have `use Encode` but not `use utf8`. Do you think that is OK? Regards Steve	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Do I have a unicode problem, or is this something else? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 10, 2010 at 17:35 UTC
`use utf8;` tells perl that your source is encoded using UTF-8. If your source is encoded using UTF-8, you want to use `use utf8;`. If you use Encode's functions (e.g. `encode($enc, $text)` and `decode($enc, $text)`), then you'll want to load Encode and import its functions.	[reply] [d/l] [select]