$self->privmsg($channel, "(#ffdd00)" . "Mein Text");

perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -e 'package blub; sub new { bless {} } sub bar {my $self=shift; $self->{bla}="5065726c2d436f6d6d756e697479"; return $self->{bla};} my $foo=blub->new();print "Hallo ";print pack("H*",$foo->bar()); print "\n"'

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