[Catalyst] ajax character encoding issue solved, but WHY?

[Francesc Romà i Frigolé]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 6:23 AM, <seasprocket at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> The problem was fixed by calling utf8::decode on the data prior to sending
> back via ajax. BUT WHY?
>
> I am using the JSON view to render ajax responses, and it sets the charset
> header correctly to UTF-8. Of course, even when you decode, perl still
> represents as "internal" utf8. But why should this be necessary?
>


I had exactly the same problem and solution using Catalyst::Controller::REST
with the JSON serializer. Still in my list of 'big mysteries to be solved'.


I hadn't discovered Catalyst::Plugin::Unicode back then, I wonder if using
it would help, haven't tried myself yet.

Cheers
Francesc
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