From: Michael Selig <michael.selig@...>
Date: 2008-10-31T14:07:44+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:19651] Re: [Feature #695] More flexibility when combining ASCII-8BIT strings with other encodings

Hi,

On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:42:55 +1100, Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@ruby-lang.org>  
wrote:

>> If you agree that this is a good idea, I don't mind trying to produce a
>> patch for it myself. Please let me know.
>
> I don't agree, but feel free to post your patch, of course.

There seems little point in making the effort to produce a patch if it is  
going to rejected.

I kinda like the idea mentioned at the end of my previous post, of  
separating "BINARY" and "ASCII-8BIT" into different encodings which  
function identically except when it comes to combining with other  
encodings. But before I do anything I would like some more discussion &  
feedback (like what happenned with "default_internal"). Then I'd be happy  
to put the work in to do a patch, assuming that there is a reasonable  
likelyhood it will be accepted (at least in part).

Cheers
Mike