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class method

Encoding.default_external=

Encoding.default_external = enc

static VALUE
set_default_external(VALUE klass, VALUE encoding)
{
    rb_warning("setting Encoding.default_external");
    rb_enc_set_default_external(encoding);
    return encoding;
}

Sets default external encoding. You should not set Encoding::default_external in ruby code as strings created before changing the value may have a different encoding from strings created after the value was changed., instead you should use ruby -E to invoke ruby with the correct default_external.

See Encoding::default_external for information on how the default external encoding is used.

See also .default_external .default_internal .compatible? .default_internal= also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0

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