[ruby-core:66167] [ruby-trunk - Bug #10493] [Feedback] Wrong encoding for Etc.getlogin in Windows

Issue #10493 has been updated by Nobuyoshi Nakada.

Description updated
Category set to ext
Status changed from Open to Feedback
Target version set to current: 2.2.0
Backport changed from 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN to 2.0.0: REQUIRED, 2.1: REQUIRED

Is your `Encoding.default_external` Windows-1257?

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Bug #10493: Wrong encoding for Etc.getlogin in Windows
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10493#change-49866

* Author: Dāvis Mosāns
* Status: Feedback
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Category: ext
* Target version: current: 2.2.0
* ruby -v: ruby 2.1.4p265 (2014-10-27 revision 48166) [x64-mingw32]
* Backport: 2.0.0: REQUIRED, 2.1: REQUIRED
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~~~ruby
name = Etc.getlogin # I've Windows username "Dāvis"
puts name           # D�vis
puts name.inspect   # "D\xE2vis"
puts name.encoding  # ASCII-8BIT
name.force_encoding('Windows-1257')
puts name           # Dāvis
~~~

As you can see \xE2 isn't "ā" in ASCII, but it is for Windws-1257 encoding.






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