libencode-perl | provides interfaces between Perl's strings and the system | Mehr ...
The Encode module provides the interfaces between Perl's strings and the rest of the system. . When Perl is processing "binary data", the programmer wants Perl to process "sequences of bytes". This is not a problem for Perl - as a byte has 256 possible values, it easily fits in Perl's much larger "logical character". . Encodes a string from Perl's internal form into ENCODING and returns a sequence of octets.
