}
);
+ # unicode is tricky, and now we happen to invoke it early via a
+ # regex in connection()
+ return $obj if (ref $obj) =~ /^utf8/;
+
# Test Builder is now making a new object for every pass/fail (que bloat?)
# and as such we can't really store any of its objects (since it will
# re-populate the registry while checking it, ewwww!)