From: ruby@...
Date: 2016-12-11T19:28:20+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:78592] [Ruby trunk Bug#13024] Confusing error message matching a non-ASCII string with ASCII-regex

Issue #13024 has been reported by Herwin W.

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Bug #13024: Confusing error message matching a non-ASCII string with ASCII-regex
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13024

* Author: Herwin W
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* ruby -v: 
* Backport: 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN
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```ruby
irb(main):001:0> "\u2603".match(/./n)
(irb):1: warning: regexp match /.../n against to UTF-8 string
=> #<MatchData "���">
```

I actually had to read the source to discover the intention of this error (partly because I copied the `/n` from somewhere without knowing what it meant). Replacing "against to" with just "against" would improve the grammar (full disclosure: English isn't my native language either, I'm open to other suggestions here).



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