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decoder
Combined from primary sources listed below.

In role Encoding§

See primary documentation in context for method decoder. 

method decoder(*%options --> Encoding::Decoder)

Should get a character decoder instance for this encoding, configured with the provided options. Options vary by encoding. The built-in encodings all support translate-nl, which if True will translate \r\n into \n while decoding.