On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 10:33:39AM +0200, Ismail Dönmez wrote: > Following to_utf8 function works for me : For me too (Debian sarge+etch). > sub to_utf8 { > · my $str = shift; > > if(utf8::valid($str)) > { > utf8::decode($str); > } > · > return $str; In the original thread, there was some discussion, that some people might want a different fallback endcoding. So mayme you should keep the second call to decode for the fallback encoding. > } mfg Martin Kögler - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html