From: duerst@...
Date: 2014-07-23T10:11:25+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:63961] [ruby-trunk - Feature #9111] Encoding-free String	comparison

Issue #9111 has been updated by Martin D��rst.

Related to Feature #10084: Add Unicode String Normalization to String class added

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Feature #9111: Encoding-free String comparison
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9111#change-47981

* Author: Tsuyoshi Sawada
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Category: 
* Target version: 
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Currently, strings with the same content but with different encodings count as different strings. This causes strange behaviour as below (noted in StackOverflow question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19977788/strange-behavior-in-packed-ruby-strings#19978206):

    [128].pack("C")             # => "\x80"
    [128].pack("C") == "\x80"   # => false

Since `[128].pack("C")` has the encoding ASCII-8BIT and `"\x80"` (by default) has the encoding UTF-8, the two strings are not equal.

Also, comparison of strings with different encodings may end up with a messy, unintended result.

I suggest that the comparison `String#<=>` should not be based on the respective encoding of the strings, but all the strings should be internally converted to UTF-8 for the purpose of comparison.


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