utf8.c AOK [utf8_to_uv] Malformed UTF-8 character my $a = ord "\x80" ; Malformed UTF-8 character my $a = ord "\xf080" ; <<<<<< this warning can't be easily triggered from perl anymore [utf16_to_utf8] Malformed UTF-16 surrogate <<<<<< Add a test when somethig actually calls utf16_to_utf8 __END__ # utf8.c [utf8_to_uv] -W use utf8 ; my $a = "snøstorm" ; { no warnings 'utf8' ; my $a = "snøstorm"; use warnings 'utf8' ; my $a = "snøstorm"; } EXPECT Malformed UTF-8 character at - line 3. Malformed UTF-8 character at - line 8. ########