From: Matt Todd <chiology@...>
Date: 2006-07-29T04:34:35+09:00
Subject: Re: state of unicode support

So, the problem with Unicode support in Ruby is that the code
currently assumes that each letter is one byte, instead of multiple?
This includes presumably search algorithms (for Regexs, et al), then?

Or is my understanding warped and wrong?

_Why, et al, if you could break down the actual difficulties with
implementing Unicode support into Ruby 1.8, I think that might clear
up the questions we have as to whether a library eradicates all
problems (obviously, some problems can't be fixed, but merely hacked
or worked around).

Cheers, folks; remember to be nice. We're on the same team.

M.T.