PerlIO::encoding(3perl)Perl Programmers Reference GuidePerlIO::encoding(3perl)

NAME
       PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer
SYNOPSIS
         open($f, "<:encoding(foo)", "infoo");
         open($f, ">:encoding(bar)", "outbar");
         use Encode qw(:fallbacks);
         $PerlIO::encoding::fallback = FB_PERLQQ;
DESCRIPTION
       Open a filehandle with a transparent encoding filter.
       On input, convert the bytes expected to be in the specified character
       set and encoding to Perl string data (Unicode and Perl's internal Uni-
       code encoding, UTF-8).  On output, convert Perl string data into the
       specified character set and encoding.
       When the layer is pushed the current value of $PerlIO::encoding::fall-
       back 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 v5.8.8                       2008-12-18           PerlIO::encoding(3perl)