package PerlIO;
-our $VERSION = '1.08';
+our $VERSION = '1.09';
# Map layer name to package that defines it
our %alias;
is chosen to render simple text parts (i.e. non-accented letters,
digits and common punctuation) human readable in the encoded file.
+(B<CAUTION>: This layer does not validate byte sequences. For reading input,
+you should instead use C<:encoding(utf8)> instead of bare C<:utf8>.)
+
Here is how to write your native data out using UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC)
and then read it back in.
$in = <F>;
close(F);
-Note that this layer does not validate byte sequences. For reading
-input, using C<:encoding(utf8)> instead of bare C<:utf8> is strongly
-recommended.
=item :bytes