From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2011-03-23T06:46:21+09:00
Subject: Re: How could I make the Ruby 1.9 string ignore the invalid utf-8 byte sequence in split?

This sounds like it might be a legitimate bug. Can you file a ticket on redmine with this code sample?

On Mar 22, 2011, at 09:09 , Joey Zhou wrote:

> I am working with Chinese character radicals.
> I came across a radical which has a codepoint "\uE839".
> 
> -----
> 
> # encoding: utf-8
> [ STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR ].each do |stdio|
>  stdio.set_encoding( 'gbk', 'utf-8' )
> end
> char = "\uE839"
> puts char # Encoding::UndefinedConversionError
> 
> -----
> f.rb:7:in `write': U+E839 from UTF-8 to GBK
> (Encoding::UndefinedConversionError)
>  from f.rb:7:in `puts'
>  from f.rb:7:in `puts'
>  from f.rb:7:in `<main>'
> 
> But Perl works
> 
> -----
> use utf8;
> use open ":encoding(gbk)", ":std";
> 
> $char = "\N{U+E839}";
> print $char;
> -----
> It prints out what I want--a chinese character radical
> 
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