From: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@...>
Date: 2006-06-27T02:41:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Unicode roadmap?

"Austin Ziegler" <halostatue@gmail.com> writes:

> I would much rather keep the API -- and the class library -- simple. I
> would rather do this:
>
>  st = File.open("file.txt", "rb", :encoding => :utf8) { |f| f.read }
>
> or
>
>  bv = File.open("file.txt", "rb") { |f| f.read }
>  st = bv.to_encoding(:utf8)

Partly off-topic, but important nevertheless: *Then* it's the right
time to drop that damn "rb" by making it default and let the people
stuck in the \r\n-age use :encoding => "win-ansi" or "dos" or whatever.

> -austin
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