From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2006-06-27T06:20:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Unicode roadmap?

Thanks for the response, Austin.  It seemed to help clearify the issues 
(at least for me).

Austin Ziegler wrote:
>   d1 = File.open("file.txt", "rb", encoding: :utf8) { |f| f.read }

Question:  Does the encoding parameter specify the encoding of the file, 
or the encoding of the strings you get back (my guess is both).

Related question: In environments that use a lot of different encodings, 
are there ways or conventions for specifying the encoding, or do you 
just have to "know".

>   s1.encoding = :utf8

Another Question:  When you set the encoding, are you:

(A) Just changing the encoding specifier without changing the 
underlaying string.

(B) Re-encoding the string according to the new encoding specifier.

(B) seems to be implied by the attribute notation, but that seems a bit 
dangerous in my mind.

Thanks.

-- Jim Weirich

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