This function is similar to astring eval, except it always parses its argument (or$_ if EXPR is omitted) as a byte string. If the string contains any code points above 255, then it cannot be a byte string, and theevalbytes will fail with the error stored in$@.
use utf8 andno utf8 within the string have their usual effect.
Source filters activated within the evaluated code apply to the code itself.
evalbytes is available starting in Perl v5.16. To access it, you must sayCORE::evalbytes, but you can omit theCORE:: if the"evalbytes" feature is enabled. This is enabled automatically with ause v5.16 (or higher) declaration in the current scope.
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