From: Daniel Baird <danielbaird@...>
Date: 2006-06-27T08:53:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Unicode roadmap?

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On 6/27/06, Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/26/06, Izidor Jerebic <ij.rubylist@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, tell me what exactly do I get when this code executes:
> >
> > result = File.open( "file ) { |f| f.read( 1000 ) }
>
> Aside from a syntax error from your missing quote? ;)
>
> This would probably be an unencoded String. If you want an encoded
> String, you would specify it on the File object either during
> construction or afterwards.
>
> The need for ByteArray is nonexistent.


..or, to put that another way, when you see "unencoded String", feel free to
say "ByteArray" in your head.

;D

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