---
name: "MARC::File::Encode"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmarc-record-perl"
version: "2.0.7-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/MARC::File::Encode"
---

# MARC::File::Encode(3pm)

Encode wrapper for MARC::Record

## NAME

MARC::File::Encode - Encode wrapper for MARC::Record

## DESCRIPTION

Encode.pm exports **encode()** by default, and MARC::File::USMARC already has a function **encode()** so we need this wrapper to  keep things the way they are. I was half tempted to change **MARC::File::USMARC::encode()** to something else but there could very well be code in the wild that uses it directly and I don't  want to break backwards compat. This probably comes with a performance hit of some kind.

### marc\_to\_utf8()

Simple wrapper around **Encode::decode()**.