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Clarify POD for decoded_content charset decoding behavior #1

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Clarify POD for decoded_content charset decoding behavior #1

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11 changes: 8 additions & 3 deletions lib/HTTP/Message.pm
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Expand Up @@ -898,9 +898,14 @@ for details about how charset is determined.

=item $mess->decoded_content( %options )

Returns the content with any C<Content-Encoding> undone and for textual content
the raw content encoded to Perl's Unicode strings. If the C<Content-Encoding>
or C<charset> of the message is unknown this method will fail by returning
Returns the content with any C<Content-Encoding> undone and, for textual content
(C<Content-Type> values starting with C<text/>, exactly matching
C<application/xml>, or ending with C<+xml>), the raw content's character set
decoded into Perl's Unicode string format. Note that this
L<does not currently|https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Message/pull/99>
attempt to decode declared character sets for any other content types like
C<application/json> or C<application/javascript>. If the C<Content-Encoding>
or C<charset> of the message is unknown, this method will fail by returning
C<undef>.

The following options can be specified.
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