From: Jose <jldiaz@...>
Date: 2007-12-07T10:14:59+09:00
Subject: Re: UTF-8 and printf

On 7 dic, 02:06, MonkeeSage <MonkeeS...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Anybody knows this printf "bug" will be solved in ruby 1.9?
>
> Not really a bug, just that 1.8 doesn't have native unicode support.

I understand. That's why I put "bug" in double quotes

> But, yes, in ruby 1.9 you have a native utf-8 type, so with default
> utf-8 encoding, printf Just Works


Great!

I'm still intrigued about the poor utf8 support in current and past
versions, specially taking into account that ruby was developed in
Japan. Anyway, these are good news.

Thanks for answering,
--Jose