[Bug 1048134] New: decode_utf8() returns gibberish on non-string value

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048134

            Bug ID: 1048134
           Summary: decode_utf8() returns gibberish on non-string value
           Product: Fedora
           Version: 18
         Component: perl-Encode
          Assignee: ppi...@redhat.com
          Reporter: ppi...@redhat.com
        QA Contact: extras...@fedoraproject.org
                CC: perl-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org, ppi...@redhat.com
   External Bug ID: CPAN 91569



$ perl -e 'use Encode; print decode_utf8(*foo), qq{\n}'
Wide character in print at -e line 1.
0 AH��@��
[...]

Expected value is '*main::foo'.

Fixed in upstream version 2.56 with commit:

commit 14307cf7e433056128727f5d738ee317ef05b016
Author: Dan Kogai <dankogai+git...@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Dec 22 13:07:05 2013 +0900

    VERSION 2.56

Fedora < 21 are affected.

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