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Role: Encoding §

From Encoding

(Encoding) method encoder §

Defined as:

method encoder(*%options --> Encoding::Encoder)

Gets a character encoder instance for this encoding, configured with the provided options. Options vary by encoding. The built-in encodings all support both replacement (either a Str replacement sequence or True to use a default replacement sequence for unencodable characters) and translate-nl (when set to True, turns \n into \r\n if the current platform is Windows).