Re:Happy Birthday, Ruby
by masklinn on Thursday January 10, 2019 @12:59PM
(#18876173)
> Try passing a std::string in from C/C++ code. It treats it as a byte string
Because that's exactly what it is? std::string is a bytes buffer, not actual text. There's no guarantee that the contents of std::string will be in any encoding, let alone a specific one.
Because that's exactly what it is? std::string is a bytes buffer, not actual text. There's no guarantee that the contents of std::string will be in any encoding, let alone a specific one.