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instance method

Encoding#dummy?

enc.dummy? → true or false

static VALUE
enc_dummy_p(VALUE enc)
{
    return RBOOL(ENC_DUMMY_P(must_encoding(enc)));
}

Returns true for dummy encodings. A dummy encoding is an encoding for which character handling is not properly implemented. It is used for stateful encodings.

Example

Encoding::ISO_2022_JP.dummy?       #=> true
Encoding::UTF_8.dummy?             #=> false

See also #ascii_compatible? #inspect .name_list #name also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0

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