Ruby Issue Tracking System

07/16/2019

06:42 AM Ruby master Feature #16006 (Rejected): String count and alignment that consider multibyte characters

The display width of a string cannot be calculated without rendering information, which Ruby usually does not have.
... matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

07/12/2019

03:06 PM Ruby master Feature #15940: Coerce symbols internal fstrings in UTF8 rather than ASCII to better share memory with string literals

> UTF-8 is a strict super set of ASCII. Any valid ASCII is valid UTF-8.
So is EUC-JP (or Shift_JIS or many other e... matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

01:46 PM Ruby master Feature #15940: Coerce symbols internal fstrings in UTF8 rather than ASCII to better share memory with string literals

If I understand your patch correctly:
```ruby
# encoding: euc-jp
#old behavior
p "foo".encoding # => "euc-j... matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

02:27 PM Ruby master Feature #15998 (Feedback): Allow String#-@ to deduplicate tainted string, but return an untainted one

`taint` states will be removed from the language in the near future, along with `$SAFE`.
I am not positive to change... matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

07/11/2019

03:58 PM Ruby master Bug #15987: Let `exception` option in `Kernel#Complex`, `Kernel#Float`, `Kernel#Integer`, `Kernel#Rational` be falsy vs. truthy

Options are:
* accept normal truthy/falsey value for boolean (using `RTEST()`)
* accept `true`/`false` for boolea... matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

07:30 AM Ruby master Bug #15987: Let `exception` option in `Kernel#Complex`, `Kernel#Float`, `Kernel#Integer`, `Kernel#Rational` be falsy vs. truthy

It's a bug. It should be fixed.
Matz.
matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

03:17 PM Ruby master Feature #15940: Coerce symbols internal fstrings in UTF8 rather than ASCII to better share memory with string literals

That's why I said **experiment**. We need to measure in the real-world application to ensure the change will reduce m... matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

07:18 AM Ruby master Feature #15940: Coerce symbols internal fstrings in UTF8 rather than ASCII to better share memory with string literals

First of all, this pull-request itself breaks non UTF-8 programs. It should be the source encoding instead of direct ... matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

08:18 AM Ruby master Feature #15973: Make it so Kernel#lambda always return a lambda

In my opinion, `lambda` should return `lambda` object as a principle. We need to keep the discussion.
Maybe we can g... matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

06:50 AM Ruby master Feature #15966 (Rejected): Introducing experimental features behind a flag, disabled by default

I am against adding experimental flags. The proposed benefits are:
* Stable release: Users can test new features b... matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)