


bytes(3p)        Perl Programmers Reference Guide       bytes(3p)


NAME
       bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than
       character semantics

SYNOPSIS
           use bytes;
           no bytes;


DESCRIPTION
       WARNING: The implementation of Unicode support in Perl is
       incomplete.  See the perlunicode manpage for the exact
       details.

       The `use bytes' pragma disables character semantics for
       the rest of the lexical scope in which it appears.  `no
       bytes' can be used to reverse the effect of `use bytes'
       within the current lexical scope.

       Perl normally assumes character semantics in the presence
       of character data (i.e. data that has come from a source
       that has been marked as being of a particular character
       encoding).

       To understand the implications and differences between
       character semantics and byte semantics, see the perluni-
       code manpage.

SEE ALSO
       the perlunicode manpage, the utf8 manpage



























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