How does carton and cpanfile interact with Unicode and encodings?

In Perl, carton is a tool used to manage dependencies for your application, while cpanfile helps you define these dependencies. When it comes to handling Unicode and encodings, it’s essential to ensure that your Perl application processes character data correctly.

cpanfile can include modules that handle encoding, such as Encode or Unicode::Encoding. When you specify dependencies in your cpanfile, these modules help manage how your application reads and writes Unicode data. Proper handling of Unicode is critical to avoid issues with character representation across different platforms and databases.

Using carton will ensure that the specific versions of these modules are installed, helping your application run smoothly regardless of the environment it is deployed in.

Here’s a simple example of a cpanfile that includes a dependency for handling Unicode: