

In Oct 2025, delivered a focused Perl5 encoding fix that immediately applies the configured source encoding to the current line on 'use', addressing GitHub issue #23881. The change improves correctness for non-ASCII handling with minimal user impact, and includes regression tests and updated documentation to reflect the new behavior. Implemented in the Perl/perl5 repository with commit 5d62050d173f59a343236c6259b5c821d58268d2, aligning with ongoing encoding reliability improvements.
In Oct 2025, delivered a focused Perl5 encoding fix that immediately applies the configured source encoding to the current line on 'use', addressing GitHub issue #23881. The change improves correctness for non-ASCII handling with minimal user impact, and includes regression tests and updated documentation to reflect the new behavior. Implemented in the Perl/perl5 repository with commit 5d62050d173f59a343236c6259b5c821d58268d2, aligning with ongoing encoding reliability improvements.
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