From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2006-06-15T02:59:16+09:00
Subject: Re: A plan for another unicode string hack

Dae San Hwang wrote:
> String literals will act as byte buffers, just as they used to. However, 
> when creating string object by using constructor, you can optionally 
> specify the encoding of the input string.
> 
>  String.new("\352\260\200", "utf-8")

I'd like to have a different interface, using named parameters.

   String.new("\352\260\200", encoding: "utf-8")

or

   String.new("\352\260\200", :encoding => "utf-8")

That way it's easier to extend String later on.


Cheers,
Daniel