From: Yui NARUSE Date: 2011-01-01T04:17:45+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:34020] [Ruby 1.9-Feature#4224] inconsistent behavior of 'puts "\xFF"' Issue #4224 has been updated by Yui NARUSE. After further thought, current conversion table is correct. And your patch is the correct way. ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/4224 ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org