```{index} single: Test2::Plugin::UTF8 ``` # Test2::Plugin::UTF8 Test2 plugin to test with utf8. ## DESCRIPTION When used, this plugin will make tests work with utf8. This includes turning on the utf8 pragma and updating the Test2 output formatter to use utf8. ## SYNOPSIS ```perl use Test2::Plugin::UTF8; ``` This is similar to: ```perl use utf8; BEGIN { require Test2::Tools::Encoding; Test2::Tools::Encoding::set_encoding('utf8'); } ``` You can also disable the utf8 import by using 'encoding\_only' to only enable utf8 encoding on the output format. ```perl use Test2::Plugin::UTF8 qw(encoding_only); ``` ## import options ### encoding\_only Does not import utf8 in your test and only enables the encoding mode on the output. ## NOTES This module currently sets output handles to have the ':utf8' output layer. Some might prefer ':encoding(utf-8)' which is more strict about verifying characters. There is a debate about whether or not encoding to utf8 from perl internals can ever fail, so it may not matter. This was also chosen because the alternative causes threads to segfault, see [perlbug 31923](https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=31923). ## SOURCE The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at `https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/`. ## MAINTAINERS - Chad Granum ## AUTHORS - Chad Granum ## COPYRIGHT Copyright Chad Granum . This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See `http://dev.perl.org/licenses/`