Don't change the encoding of binary data to UTF-8. #71
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It does not make sense to change the encoding of binary data, i.e., data that
already has the encoding of ASCII-8BIT or BINARY. Data stored in the jpegPhoto
attribute is an example.
irb(main):001:0> binstring = ['FFD8FFE000104A46494600'].pack('H*')
=> "\xFF\xD8\xFF\xE0\x00\x10JFIF\x00"
irb(main):002:0> binstring.encoding
=> #<Encoding:ASCII-8BIT>
irb(main):003:0> binstring.respond_to?(:encode)
=> true
irb(main):004:0> binstring.encode('UTF-8')
Encoding::UndefinedConversionError: "\xFF" from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8
from (irb):4:in `encode'
from (irb):4
from /usr/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'
irb(main):005:0>
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@wandns sorry for the slow response, but we're rebooting development efforts with https://groups.google.com/d/msg/ruby-ldap/3y6g1Oqgvd0/vy5DaAcwF_cJ. Can you rebase your changes off the latest master, and add some tests? |
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It does not make sense to change the encoding of binary data, i.e., data that
already has the encoding of ASCII-8BIT or BINARY. Data stored in the jpegPhoto
attribute is an example.
irb(main):001:0> binstring = ['FFD8FFE000104A46494600'].pack('H*')
'=> "\xFF\xD8\xFF\xE0\x00\x10JFIF\x00"
irb(main):002:0> binstring.encoding
=> #Encoding:ASCII-8BIT
irb(main):003:0> binstring.respond_to?(:encode)
=> true
irb(main):004:0> binstring.encode('UTF-8')
Encoding::UndefinedConversionError: "\xFF" from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8
from (irb):4:in
encode' from (irb):4 from /usr/bin/irb:12:inirb(main):005:0>