From: Joey Zhou <yimutang@...>
Date: 2011-06-20T16:59:54+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:37238] [Ruby 1.9 - Bug #4908][Open] #force_encoding(nil) fails on Windows


Issue #4908 has been reported by Joey Zhou.

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Bug #4908: #force_encoding(nil) fails on Windows
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4908

Author: Joey Zhou
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2p180 (2011-02-18) [i386-mingw32]


I read from The Ruby Programming Language that nil can be specified as "binary" or "ascii-8bit".
The book give a sample code on Page 61:

  text = stream.readline.force_encoding("utf-8")
  bytes = text.dup.force_encoding(nil) # nil encoding means binary

However, force_encoding(nil) doesn't work on Windows, it will raise a TypeError.
Maybe it's a bug for Windows?

ruby 1.9.2p180 (2011-02-18) [i386-mingw32]



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