slaven rezic tqcsubrezicde greg sabino mullane via rt writes new ticket created greg sabino mullane please include string perl 47576 subject line future correspondence issue using safepm uncovered implicit use utf8 regex flag used blocked require opcode seems way around issuing permitrequire pretty much good safe practice workarounds welcome still fails perl5100 rc1 workaround throw something code triggers loading unicoderelated pl files utf8_heavypl unicoretofoldpl etc compile time eg qrx0100i note unicode codepoint must 0x100 higher regards slaven sample program using perl 588 perl use strict use warnings use utf8 use safe cmp new safe cmprevalaći printf error n okayn cmprevalaci printf error n okayn __data__ output error require trapped operation mask eval 2 line 1 okay flags categorycore severitymedium slaven rezic slaven rezic de bbbike route planner cyclists berlin www version httpwwwbbbikede perltk version unix windows httpbbbikesourceforgenet fri 08 aug 2008 130210 0100 perl 47576 safepm problem regex implicit use utf8