Documentation | SupportKit | String
DESCRIPTION
There are three basic types of strings involved in the glue code. First, a
string of bytes. These can contain any bytes, including embedded null bytes.
Second, a string of UTF-8 characters. These cannot contain embedded null
bytes, and must contain a final null indicating the end of the string. Third,
a BString, which is a string of UTF-8 characters wrapped in an object.
The glue code will automatically convert these to and from native strings as needed.
Perl
Perl makes a distinction between utf8 (its own internal representation) and UTF-8 (the somewhat stricter offical format). Normally you should be okay, but if you run into problems try:
use Encode;
my $strict = encode("UTF-8", $value);
When returning string values, the utf8 flag is turned on if the value is a