bytes_to_utf8(STRING [, CHECK])
The bytes in STRING are encoded in-place into UTF-8. The bytes are
assumed to be encoded in US-ASCII, bytes between 0 and 127, inclusive.
Returns the new size of STRING, or C<undef> if there's a failure.
Okay, now it's time for me to slow down. Now I've come a full circle
back to reducing bytes_to_utf8() to being again equal to just turning
on the UTF-8 flag :-) So if we limit bytes_to_utf8() to operate only
on 0..127, the bytes_to_utf8() becomes redundant.
If there are characters > 127? See L</"Handling Malformed Data">.
If you want to recode some eight-bit legacy encoding to UTF-8, you
must use C<from_to(STRING, ..., 'utf8')>.
[INTERNAL] Also the UTF-8 flag of STRING is turned on.
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utf8_to_bytes(STRING [, CHECK])
The UTF-8 in STRING is decoded in-place into bytes. Returns the new
size of STRING, or C<undef> if there's a failure.
This is still valid since the utf8 might be coming from somewhere
else than bytes_to_utf8() (assuming the above silly bytes_to_utf8()).
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