Annoying: cannot write ' user=" Iñaki ' in a Ruby1.9 script

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

Hi, I'm really annoyed, please try this:

Open a file (in a UTF-8 system as any modern Linux) and write:


script.rb
=2D-------------------
user =3D "I=C3=B1aki"
puts user
=2D-------------------


Now run:

~# ruby1.8 script.rb
=3D> "I=C3=B1aki"

~# ruby1.9 script.rb
=3D> invalid multibyte char (US-ASCII)


I'm using the last 1.9 version: ruby-1.9.1-p129

How can it be possible? Of course, the file "script.rb" is encoded in UTF-8=
,=20
sure.






=2D-=20
I=C3=B1aki Baz Castillo <[email protected]>

 

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

El Mi=C3=A9rcoles, 2 de Septiembre de 2009, I=C3=B1aki Baz Castillo escribi=
=C3=B3:

I'm using the last 1.9 version: ruby-1.9.1-p129

That is not the last, but it also occurs with 1.9.1-p243.=20


=2D-=20
I=C3=B1aki Baz Castillo <[email protected]>

 

[Joe]

El Miércoles, 2 de Septiembre de 2009, Iñaki Baz Castillo escribió:


That is not the last, but it also occurs with 1.9.1-p243.

I confirm this script also fails with 1.9.1-p243 on Mac OS X 10.5.8.

That's pretty terrible. Can anyone explain what the problem is?

 

[brabuhr]

Hi, I'm really annoyed, please try this:

Open a file (in a UTF-8 system as any modern Linux) and write:

script.rb
--------------------
user =3D "I=F1aki"
puts user
--------------------

~# ruby1.9 script.rb
=3D> invalid multibyte char (US-ASCII)

How can it be possible? The file "script.rb" is encoded in UTF-8

How about:

# encoding: utf-8
user =3D "I=F1aki"
puts user

 

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

El Mi=E9rcoles, 2 de Septiembre de 2009, (e-mail address removed) escribi=F3:

=20
How about:
=20
# encoding: utf-8
user =3D "I=F1aki"
puts user

Yes, that works... but I cannot figure why is this required. I use a syste=
m=20
in UTF-8 so the file is encoded in UTF-8. Also Ruby1.9 seems to work in UTF=
=2D8=20
by default:

"abc".encoding
=3D> #<Encoding:UTF-8>

so...?

Thanks for your reply.




=2D-=20
I=F1aki Baz Castillo <[email protected]>

 

[John W Higgins]

[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]

Yes, that works... but I cannot figure why is this required. I use a
system
in UTF-8 so the file is encoded in UTF-8. Also Ruby1.9 seems to work in
UTF-8
by default:

See
http://blog.grayproductions.net/articles/ruby_19s_three_default_encodings

 

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

See
http://blog.grayproductions.net/articles/ruby_19s_three_default_encodings

Thanks:

"The first is the main rule of source Encodings: source files receive
a US-ASCII Encoding, unless you say otherwise"



--=20
I=C3=B1aki Baz Castillo
<[email protected]>