Make chr() for values >127 to create utf8 when under utf8.

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perlfunc.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 1e3151a..e19d341 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -688,8 +688,11 @@ On POSIX systems, you can detect this condition this way:
 
 Returns the character represented by that NUMBER in the character set.
 For example, C<chr(65)> is C<"A"> in either ASCII or Unicode, and
-chr(0x263a) is a Unicode smiley face (but only within the scope of
-a C<use utf8>).  For the reverse, use L</ord>.  
+chr(0x263a) is a Unicode smiley face. Within the scope of C<use utf8>, 
+characters higher than 127 are encoded in Unicode; if you don't want
+this, temporarily C<use bytes> or use C<pack("C*",...)>
+
+For the reverse, use L</ord>.  
 See L<utf8> for more about Unicode.
 
 If NUMBER is omitted, uses C<$_>.