bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character semantics
-=head1 DEPRECATED
+=head1 NOTICE
This pragma reflects early attempts to incorporate Unicode into perl and
has since been superseded. It breaks encapsulation (i.e. it exposes the
strongly discouraged. If you feel that the functions here within might be
useful for your application, this possibly indicates a mismatch between
your mental model of Perl Unicode and the current reality. In that case,
-you may wish to peruse some of the perl Unicode documentation:
+you may wish to read some of the perl Unicode documentation:
L<perluniintro>, L<perlunitut>, L<perlunifaq> and L<perlunicode>.
=head1 SYNOPSIS