binmode of filehandles not preserved from BEGIN state

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$>perl -e 'BEGIN { binmode(STDOUT, ":utf8"); } $a = "\xee\n"; 
utf8::upgrade($a); print $a; ' 2>&1|od -tx1
0000000 c3 ae 0a
0000003

$>perlcc -r -e 'BEGIN { binmode(STDOUT, ":utf8"); } $a = "\xee\n"; 
utf8::upgrade($a); print $a; ' 2>&1|od -tx1
0000000 ee 0a
0000002

Original issue reported on code.google.com by todd.e.rinaldo on 30 Jan 2014 at 11:22

• Merged into: #203

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I'm aware B::C has special code to re-open file handles. I'm wondering if this 
support could be implemented. It's mostly a nice to have not a need.

Original comment by todd.e.rinaldo on 30 Jan 2014 at 11:23

• Changed title: binmode of filehandles not preserved from BEGIN state

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It's not the binmode, it's the perlio layer in this case.

Original comment by reini.urban on 31 Jan 2014 at 6:33

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Original comment by reini.urban on 4 Feb 2014 at 4:57

• Changed state: Duplicate