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But the module doesn't provide an interface to the Windows Console LastError function, so I can't see how to tell what error occurred.

Use the Perl built-in $^E to display the windows error code or text.

I'll try to take a look at this later.

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Re^4: Unicode input for Win32::Console
by Sue D. Nymme (Monk) on Oct 25, 2011 at 19:02 UTC

    $^E seems never to be changed by Win32::Console::InputChar. When I add $^E (or $!) to the "(undef)" display in my code above, it always contains the last error before the loop began. I can force it to be any value, and when InputChar returns undef, it does not set $^E or $!.

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      From what I can tell, Win32::Console has never been updated since the advent of the Perl Unicode era, hence it simply isn;t configured to compile such that it will work correctly with Unicode input.

      It seems it should be possible to make the module work, but it looks like there would be a bunch of effort required in tracking down the correct set of incantations for the MS compiler to allow it to do so. Whether that would then be portable to MingW is another question entirely.

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