use strict;
use warnings;
use utf8 ;

use Encode;
use Data::Dump qw/dd pp/;
use Devel::Peek;
use MIME::Base64 ;

my $str ='Ä';

warn "\n*** orig str='$str'";
Dump $str;


our $encoded = MIME::Base64::encode_base64($str);
warn "\n*** encode_b64 encoded='$encoded'";
Dump $encoded;


warn "\n*** decode_b64";
our $decoded = MIME::Base64::decode_base64($encoded);
Dump $decoded;

warn "\n*** encode_utf8";
$decoded = Encode::encode_utf8($decoded);
Dump $decoded;

warn "\n*** _utf8_on";
Encode::_utf8_on($decoded);
Dump $decoded;