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Thanks for the link. I didn't see anything in there about normalizing the source code in particular, but did try a test case with the 2018.05 version of Perl 6 with good results, in case anybody is interested:

$ cat t.p6
#!/usr/bin/env perl6

my $charé = "asdf";

if $chare&#769; {
    say "It Works!";
}

$ perl6 t.p6
It Works!
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The source:

$ grep \$char t.p6 | od -c
0000000   m   y       $   c   h   a   r 303 251       =       "   a   
+s
0000020   d   f   "   ;  \n   i   f       $   c   h   a   r   e 314 20
+1
0000040       {  \n
0000043
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After parsing:

$ perl6 --target=parse t.p6 | head | grep \$char | od -c
0000000   m   y       $   c   h   a   r 303 251       =       "   a   
+s
0000020   d   f   "   ;  \n   i   f       $   c   h   a   r 303 251
0000040   {  \n                   -       E   X   P   R   :       m   
+y
0000060       $   c   h   a   r 303 251       =       "   a   s   d   
+f
0000100   "  \n
0000102
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In reply to Re^8: Why should any one use/learn Perl 6? by jeffenstein
in thread Why should any one use/learn Perl 6? by skooma

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