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List:       ruby-talk
Subject:    Should a gem set $KCODE in ruby 1.8 for others?
From:       ghorner <gabriel.horner () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-06-30 18:25:11
Message-ID: 02e798c8-5201-43be-91d6-e17ce3343531 () j32g2000yqh ! googlegroups ! com
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Hi,
 I recently got a request to make my gem utf-8 friendly:
http://github.com/cldwalker/hirb/issues#issue/3
since my gem involves calculating string lengths. For ruby 1.8 I need
to use jcode's jlength() to calculate this correctly but I'll need to
set $KCODE in order to use it. Is it considered intrusive to set
$KCODE in a gem for others considering its global effect? If so, then
I'll probably just copy jcode's jlength() into my code.

Thanks,
Gabriel

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