$utf8::hint_bits = 0x00800000;
-our $VERSION = '1.08';
+our $VERSION = '1.10';
sub import {
$^H |= $utf8::hint_bits;
=item * $success = utf8::downgrade($string[, FAIL_OK])
-Converts in-place the the internal representation of the string from
+Converts in-place the internal representation of the string from
I<UTF-X> to the equivalent octet sequence in the native encoding (Latin-1
or EBCDIC). The logical character sequence itself is unchanged. If
I<$string> is already stored as native 8 bit, then this is a no-op. Can
=item * $flag = utf8::is_utf8(STRING)
-(Since Perl 5.8.1) Test whether STRING is in UTF-8 internally.
+(Since Perl 5.8.1) Test whether STRING is encoded internally in UTF-8.
Functionally the same as Encode::is_utf8().
=item * $flag = utf8::valid(STRING)
[INTERNAL] Test whether STRING is in a consistent state regarding
-UTF-8. Will return true is well-formed UTF-8 and has the UTF-8 flag
-on B<or> if string is held as bytes (both these states are 'consistent').
+UTF-8. Will return true if it is well-formed UTF-8 and has the UTF-8 flag
+on B<or> if STRING is held as bytes (both these states are 'consistent').
Main reason for this routine is to allow Perl's testsuite to check
that operations have left strings in a consistent state. You most
probably want to use utf8::is_utf8() instead.