He has posted some alternatives too http://github.com/candlerb/string19/blob/mas...

		kule on March 3, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A rant about Ruby 1.9 String encoding He has posted some alternatives too http://github.com/candlerb/string19/blob/master/alternatives... The first suggestion seems like the logical solution to me however I don't need to deal with this stuff on a day-to-day basis...