Re: Gnome2::VFS->format_uri_for_display and UTF-8

[Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch gmx de>]

On 16.05.2010 17:42, Mario Kemper wrote:
> However, it doesn't seem to return a valid utf-8 string, e.g. german
> umlauts are not correctly displayed. I've attached an example program
> where this problem is illustrated. If a use utf8::decode on the returned
> string everything is fine.

That's indeed a bug in the bindings.  The method returns a string 
without the utf8 flag set, so when you pass this into a method that 
expects utf8, the string is converted again resulting in garbage. 
utf8::decode() fixes this because it sets the utf8 flag (and avoids 
double encoding).

Fixed in git: 
<http://git.gnome.org/browse/perl-Gnome2-VFS/commit/?id=dedc970f69c>. 
Does this warrant a new release?