From @smls

To subscribe to incoming data of a connected IO​::Socket​::Async, the choices currently are​:

.Supply() -- get UTF-8 decoded data as Str
.Supply(​:bin) -- get raw data as Buf

In analogy to the open() function that takes both :bin and :enc adverbs, this should probably also accept :enc to allow dealing with text-based protocols in different encodings​:

.Supply(​:enc<utf8-c8>)

PS​: Speaking of which, maybe utf8-c8 should be the default, considering jnthn's comment here¹ that "All things coming from the OS are decoded [as utf8-c8]", and reading from a socket might be considered "from the OS".

[1] https://rt-archive.perl.org/perl6/Ticket/Display.html?id=125420#txn-1374864

From @jnthn

On Sat Aug 06 11​:59​:50 2016, smls75@​gmail.com wrote​:

To subscribe to incoming data of a connected IO​::Socket​::Async, the
choices currently are​:

.Supply() -- get UTF-8 decoded data as Str
.Supply(​:bin) -- get raw data as Buf

In analogy to the open() function that takes both :bin and :enc
adverbs, this should probably also accept :enc to allow dealing with
text-based protocols in different encodings​:

.Supply(​:enc<utf8-c8>)

This is now implemented. You can also set the default encoding that should apply when calling `.listen` and `.connect` (the one on .Supply always take precedence, however). That also sets the encoding for the sake of `.print`.

Tests in S32-io/IO-Socket-Async.t.

/jnthn

The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

@jnthn - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'