From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2005-12-19T16:24:36+09:00
Subject: Re: String#dump and quotes

nobuyoshi nakada wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> At Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:42:18 +0900,
> Hal Fulton wrote in [ruby-talk:171286]:
> 
>>I think it's just for looks, to emphasize that it's a string.
>>Like String#inspect.
> 
> 
> #dump ignores $KCODE, whereas #inspect is affected by it.

Very interesting. If I ever knew that, I forgot it.

That is the sort of information I am looking for as I learn more
about I18N.


Hal