[perl #77888] [BUG] chr() returns something that is not a string of characters, and say/print outputs it as bytes in Rakudo

[Carl Mäsak]

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<masak> perl6: say chr(194), chr(177)
<p6eval> rakudo 358d72: OUTPUT«±␤»
<p6eval> ..pugs: OUTPUT«Â±␤»
<masak> I'm with pugs on this one.
<TimToady> I'm with masak on this one.
* masak submits rakudobug on this one
<masak> perl6: print .chr for <233 186 166 233 171 152>
<p6eval> rakudo 358d72: OUTPUT«麦高»
<p6eval> ..pugs: OUTPUT«éº¦é«˜»
<masak> clearly rakudo is thinking in bytes, not characters.
<TimToady> indeed