__END__ # doop.c use utf8 ; $_ = "\x80 \xff" ; chop ; EXPECT ######## # NAME vec with above ff code points is deprecated my $foo = "\x{100}" . "\xff\xfe"; eval { vec($foo, 1, 8) }; no warnings 'deprecated'; eval { vec($foo, 1, 8) }; EXPECT Use of strings with code points over 0xFF as arguments to vec is deprecated. This will be a fatal error in Perl 5.32 at - line 2.