From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2006-05-27T03:38:54+09:00
Subject: Question about -K, $KCODE, command line

Hi all,

If I run a program from the shell like "ruby test.rb -K u", why isn't 
$KCODE set within the program to "UTF8"?

# test.rb
puts $KCODE

ruby test.rb -K u -> "NONE" ???

It looks like the only way to change it is to assign to $KCODE directly 
within the program.  Why? Would changing $KCODE from a command line 
option have unintended side effects?

Dan