NAME Types::Encodings - type constraints for Bytes and Chars DESCRIPTION Additional type constraints and coercions to complement Types::Standard. Type constraints `Str` Alias for Types::Standard type constraint of the same name. `Bytes` Strings where `utf8::is_utf8()` is false. `Chars` Strings where either `utf8::is_utf8()` is true, or each byte is below 0x7F. Coercions `Encode[`a]` Coercion to encode a character string to a byte string using `Encode::encode()`. This is a parameterized type coercion, which expects a character set: use Types::Standard qw( Bytes Encode ); has filename => ( is => "ro", isa => Bytes->plus_coercions( Encode["utf-8"] ), coerce => 1, ); `Decode[`a]` Coercion to decode a byte string to a character string using `Encode::decode()`. This is a parameterized type coercion, which expects a character set. BUGS Please report any bugs to . SEE ALSO Types::Standard. AUTHOR Toby Inkster . COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE This software is copyright (c) 2013-2014 by Toby Inkster. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.