Encode 2.98

fixed some -Wsign-compare
See L<https://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/Encode>

Skip the flapping test F<t/Aliases.t> on threaded smokers, with random
segfaults.  This is a long standing core bug, with PMOP aliases or
clone. First observed at L<rurban/perl-compiler#73>
(since 5.6)

Stop directory tweaking C<$Encode::Encoding{utf8}>

Fix gcc warnings for older gcc < 4.0

Where possible do not depend on value of $@, instead use return value
of eval

Fix more XS problems in Encode.xs file

Load modules Encode::MIME::Name and Storable normally

Remove no warnings redefine; and correctly loaddependences

Remove PP stubs and reformat predefine_encodings()

Run Encode XS BOOT code at compile time

Use Encode::define_encoding and propagate carp/croak message

cperl fixes: encoding undeprecated, no strict hashpairs

Cleanup code for handling fallback/replacement characters

lib/Encode/MIME/Name.pm t/mime-name.t
Pulled: Add "euc-cn" => "EUC-CN" alias to Encode::MIME::Name
dankogai/p5-encode#124

lib/Encode/CN/HZ.pm lib/Encode/JP/JIS7.pm lib/Encode/MIME/Header.pm
t/decode.t
Pulled: Uninitialized value fixes #122
dankogai/p5-encode#122

Makefile.PL
Pulled: Fix -Werror=declaration-after-statement for gcc 4.1.2
dankogai/p5-encode#121

Fixed deep recursion in Encode::find_encoding when decoding.

Author: rurban

Porting/Maintainers.pl

@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ package Maintainers;
     },
 
     'Encode' => {
-        'DISTRIBUTION' => 'DANKOGAI/Encode-2.93.tar.gz',
+        'DISTRIBUTION' => 'DANKOGAI/Encode-2.98.tar.gz',
         'FILES'        => q[cpan/Encode],
         # undeprecate encoding
         'CUSTOMIZED'   => [ qw(

cpan/Encode/Encode.pm

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #
-# $Id: Encode.pm,v 2.93 2017/10/06 22:21:33 dankogai Exp $
+# $Id: Encode.pm,v 2.98 2018/04/22 09:03:00 dankogai Exp $
 #
 package Encode;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use constant DEBUG => !!$ENV{PERL_ENCODE_DEBUG};
 our $VERSION;
 BEGIN {
-    $VERSION = sprintf "%d.%02d", q$Revision: 2.93 $ =~ /(\d+)/g;
+    $VERSION = sprintf "%d.%02d", q$Revision: 2.98 $ =~ /(\d+)/g;
     require XSLoader;
     XSLoader::load( __PACKAGE__, $VERSION );
 }
@@ -949,38 +949,11 @@ different kinds of strings and string-operations in Perl: one a
 byte-oriented mode  for when the internal UTF8 flag is off, and the other a
 character-oriented mode for when the internal UTF8 flag is on.
 
-Here is how C<Encode> handles the UTF8 flag.
-
-=over 2
-
-=item *
-
-When you I<encode>, the resulting UTF8 flag is always B<off>.
-
-=item *
-
-When you I<decode>, the resulting UTF8 flag is B<on>--I<unless> you can
-unambiguously represent data.  Here is what we mean by "unambiguously".
-After C<$str = decode("foo", $octet)>,
-
-  When $octet is...    The UTF8 flag in $str is
-  ---------------------------------------------
-  In ASCII only (or EBCDIC only)            OFF
-  In ISO-8859-1                              ON
-  In any other Encoding                      ON
-  ---------------------------------------------
-
-As you see, there is one exception: in ASCII.  That way you can assume
-Goal #1.  And with C<Encode>, Goal #2 is assumed but you still have to be
-careful in the cases mentioned in the B<CAVEAT> paragraphs above.
-
 This UTF8 flag is not visible in Perl scripts, exactly for the same reason
 you cannot (or rather, you I<don't have to>) see whether a scalar contains
 a string, an integer, or a floating-point number.   But you can still peek
 and poke these if you will.  See the next section.
 
-=back
-
 =head2 Messing with Perl's Internals
 
 The following API uses parts of Perl's internals in the current
@@ -995,6 +968,13 @@ release.
 If I<CHECK> is true, also checks whether I<STRING> contains well-formed
 UTF-8.  Returns true if successful, false otherwise.
 
+Typically only necessary for debugging and testing.  Don't use this flag as
+a marker to distinguish character and binary data, that should be decided
+for each variable when you write your code.
+
+B<CAVEAT>: If I<STRING> has UTF8 flag set, it does B<NOT> mean that
+I<STRING> is UTF-8 encoded and vice-versa.
+
 As of Perl 5.8.1, L<utf8> also has the C<utf8::is_utf8> function.
 
 =head3 _utf8_on