From: ruby-core@...
Date: 2014-03-17T17:49:36+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:61556] [ruby-trunk - Feature #9650] String#size versus	String#length

Issue #9650 has been updated by Marc-Andre Lafortune.


It would probably cause a lot of breakage.

More importantly, why would it be an improvement? What's wrong with using `String#bytesize` in the rare case where you actually want the byte length?

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Feature #9650: String#size versus String#length
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9650#change-45838

* Author: S��bastien Durand
* Status: Open
* Priority: Low
* Assignee: 
* Category: 
* Target version: Next Major
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Hi guys !

A quick idea for the next major version :

String#size => bytes length
String#length => chars length 

Could this be a good move or too much BC break ?



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