Re: Pod::Simple output as POD

> On May 7, 2018, at 21:52, Karl Williamson <[email protected]> =
wrote:
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> And I'm running into something that I know I had not previously gotten =
as far as (which is encouraging), and I'm writing now for counsel.
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> What to do about input files that are encoded in some alien encoding, =
like Japanese 2202?  The Pod::Simple docs say it translates the pod into =
perl's internal representation.  But should the extracted pod also be in =
perl's representation, or should it be translated back to the original =
encoding?  The second way would be a way to really extract the pod =
portions of the original.
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> But I'm thinking it should be perl's, so that downstream modules can =
use it as-is.  But I'm open to other reasoned opinions

I suspect the plea for counsel was more intended for David, but I=E2=80=99=
ll pipe up from the peanut gallery and say, =E2=80=9Cwhy not both?=E2=80=9D=
 It seems like the ideal thing to put under a feature flag.=20

Of course, that just changes this decision into =E2=80=9Cwhich one =
should be the default and which one should need to be enabled?=E2=80=9D, =
but perhaps thinking about it in those terms will make it more clear =
which has the higher utility value?=20

j.=