$len = $chunk + 1; # Counting down is faster. I'm *so* sorry.
for( $i = -1; --$len; ) {
- if( $remaining = $tailBytes[$c = $str{++$i}] ) {
+ $remaining = $tailBytes[$c = $str{++$i}]
+ if( $remaining ) {
# UTF-8 head byte!
$sequence = $head = $c;
do {