Test2:...coding(3perl)

💖 NAME 💖

Test2::Tools::Encoding — bestie, it's the toolkit for managing the encoding of your Test2-based tests ✨

Okay so real talk, in the docs this page lives at Test2:...coding(3perl) in the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, and it's the section-3perl manual page you want when your test output is giving… mojibake 😭

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This module exports a function that lets you dynamically change the output encoding at will. Like, whenever. On the fly. Mid-run. Whenever you feel like it, no cap 💅

That's genuinely the whole vibe of this module — one function, immaculate energy, does exactly one thing and slays at it 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use Test2::Tools::Encoding;

set_encoding('utf8');

See? Two lines. Iconic. The way that it just works 🦋

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🎀 EXPORTS 🎀

All subs are exported by default — so you don't have to ask nicely, they're just there 🫶

• set_encoding($encoding) — this sets the encoding to whatever you specify. Lowkey important caveat though: this will only affect the output of the current formatter, which is usually your TAP output formatter. So don't come for other formatters, they did not consent to this glow-up 🙈

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🔍 SOURCE 🔍

The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/. Go forth and star it, bestie ⭐

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👑 MAINTAINERS 👑

Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org> — the main character maintaining all of this fr fr 💜

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🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org> — yes, same legend, both hats, we love a multitasker 💅

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💖 COPYRIGHT 💖

Copyright Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/

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Friendly reminder bestie: it's free software under the same terms as Perl itself, so share the love, not a lawsuit 🫶

Mwah 💋 that was perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17, and the Test2:...coding(3perl) page. Go encode something gorgeous ✨🦋🌸