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Re: What does utf8::upgrade actually do.

by dave_the_m (Monsignor)
on Feb 17, 2021 at 09:04 UTC ( [id://11128489]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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    @codepoints = map ord($_), split //, $s1;
    $s2 = join '', map chr($_), @codepoints;
    ok($s1 eq $s2);
    ok(length($s1) == length($s2);
    
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    $s1 = "abc\x80";
    $s2 = $s1;        # currently SVf_UTF8 not set; string uses 4 bytes of
    + storage
    ...
    chop($s2);        # currently perl doesn't downgrade; the 0x80 codepoi
    +nt still stored as 2 bytes
    ok($s1 eq $s2);
    ok(length($s1) == length($s2));
    
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    utf8::downgrade($s2); # the the 0x80 codepoint now stored as 1 byte
    ok(length($s1) == $length($s2));
    ok($s1 eq $s2);
    

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