binmode($in) if ($binary);
return \*$in if $wantfd;
my $ret=<$in>;
+ # check for invalid utf-8, and toss it back to avoid crashes
+ if (! utf8::valid($ret)) {
+ $ret=encode_utf8($ret);
+ }
close $in || error("failed to read $file: $!");
return $ret;
} #}}}