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sub read_string {
	my $class = ref $_[0] ? ref shift : shift;
	my $self = bless [], $class;
	my $string = $_[0];
	unless ( defined $string ) {
		return $self->_error("Did not provide a string to load");
	}

	# Byte order marks
	# NOTE: Keeping this here to educate maintainers
	# my %BOM = (
	#     "\357\273\277" => 'UTF-8',
	#     "\376\377"     => 'UTF-16BE',
	#     "\377\376"     => 'UTF-16LE',
	#     "\377\376\0\0" => 'UTF-32LE'
	#     "\0\0\376\377" => 'UTF-32BE',
	# );
	if ( $string =~ /^(?:\376\377|\377\376|\377\376\0\0|\0\0\376\377)/ ) {
		return $self->_error("Stream has a non UTF-8 BOM");
	} else {

		# Strip UTF-8 bom if found, we'll just ignore it
		$string =~ s/^\357\273\277//;
	}

	# Try to decode as utf8
	utf8::decode($string) if HAVE_UTF8;

	# Check for some special cases