PerlIO::encoding(3pm)                           Perl Programmers Reference Guide                           PerlIO::encoding(3pm)



NAME
       PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer

SYNOPSIS
         use PerlIO::encoding;

         open($f, "<:encoding(foo)", "infoo");
         open($f, ">:encoding(bar)", "outbar");

         use Encode qw(:fallbacks);
         $PerlIO::encoding::fallback = FB_PERLQQ;

DESCRIPTION
       This PerlIO layer opens a filehandle with a transparent encoding filter.

       On input, it converts the bytes expected to be in the specified character set and encoding to Perl string data (Unicode
       and Perl's internal Unicode encoding, UTF-8).  On output, it converts Perl string data into the specified character set
       and encoding.

       When the layer is pushed, the current value of $PerlIO::encoding::fallback is saved and used as the CHECK argument when
       calling the Encode methods encode() and decode().

SEE ALSO
       open, Encode, "binmode" in perlfunc, perluniintro



perl v5.12.4                                               2011-06-07                                      PerlIO::encoding(3pm)