From: "naruse (Yui NARUSE)" Date: 2022-11-21T12:22:19+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:110832] [Ruby master Bug#18899] Inconsistent argument handling in IO#set_encoding Issue #18899 has been updated by naruse (Yui NARUSE). I think your example needs to be as follows: ```ruby #!/usr/bin/env ruby def show(io, args) printf( "args: %-50s external encoding: %-25s internal encoding: %-25s\n", args.inspect, io.external_encoding.inspect, io.internal_encoding.inspect ) end File.open('/dev/null', 'r:binary:utf-8') do |f| args = ['r:binary:utf-8'] show(f, args) args = ['binary:utf-8'] f.set_encoding(*args) show(f, args) args = ['binary', 'utf-8'] f.set_encoding(*args) show(f, args) args = [Encoding.find('binary'), Encoding.find('utf-8')] f.set_encoding(*args) show(f, args) end ``` The result will be ``` args: ["r:binary:utf-8"] external encoding: # internal encoding: nil args: ["binary:utf-8"] external encoding: # internal encoding: nil args: ["binary", "utf-8"] external encoding: # internal encoding: # args: [#, #] external encoding: # internal encoding: # ``` ---------------------------------------- Bug #18899: Inconsistent argument handling in IO#set_encoding https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18899#change-100190 * Author: javanthropus (Jeremy Bopp) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * ruby -v: ruby 3.1.2p20 (2022-04-12 revision 4491bb740a) [x86_64-linux] * Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- `IO#set_encoding` behaves differently when processing a single String argument than it does when processing 2 arguments (whether Strings or Encodings) in the case where the external encoding is being set to binary and the internal encoding is being set to any other encoding. This script demonstrates the resulting values of the external and internal encodings for an IO instance given different ways to equivalently call `#set_encoding`: ```ruby #!/usr/bin/env ruby def show(io, args) printf( "args: %-50s external encoding: %-25s internal encoding: %-25s\n", args.inspect, io.external_encoding.inspect, io.internal_encoding.inspect ) end File.open('/dev/null') do |f| args = ['binary:utf-8'] f.set_encoding(*args) show(f, args) args = ['binary', 'utf-8'] f.set_encoding(*args) show(f, args) args = [Encoding.find('binary'), Encoding.find('utf-8')] f.set_encoding(*args) show(f, args) end ``` This behavior is the same from Ruby 2.7.0 to 3.1.2. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: