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| 1 | =head1 NAME |
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| 3 | perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl |
| 4 | |
| 5 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
| 6 | |
| 7 | =head2 Important Caveats |
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| 9 | Unicode support is an extensive requirement. While Perl does not |
| 10 | implement the Unicode standard or the accompanying technical reports |
| 11 | from cover to cover, Perl does support many Unicode features. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | =over 4 |
| 14 | |
| 15 | =item Input and Output Layers |
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| 17 | Perl knows when a filehandle uses Perl's internal Unicode encodings |
| 18 | (UTF-8, or UTF-EBCDIC if in EBCDIC) if the filehandle is opened with |