<![CDATA[ ... ]]> not working in TYPO3 v8 Fluid

Question

I recently upgraded from TYPO3 7.6 to 8.7 and discovered that using

<![CDATA[ { ]]> 

to escape a curly brace in Fluid no longer works.

Any advice is appreciated?

Answer 1

<f:format.raw value="{" />

might do the trick.