From: Marcin Wolski <wolskint@...2.pl>
Date: 2010-05-25T12:51:40+09:00
Subject: Re: default encoding UTF 8?

Roger Pack wrote:
> Is this expected?
> 
>>> File.read('picture.jpg').encoding
> => #<Encoding:UTF-8>
>>> Encoding.default_external
> => #<Encoding:UTF-8>
> 
> Shouldn't default_external be "ASCII-8BIT"? Who is setting my
> default_external?
> 
> Sorry a but confused.
> Thanks!
> -rp

"The default external encoding is something different: this is the 
encoding that Ruby uses by default when reading from files and streams. 
The default external encoding is global to the Ruby process and does not 
change from file to file. Normally, the default external encoding is set 
based on the locale that your computer is configured to. " - From "the 
ruby programming language" book
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