Bug #20719: `Float` converts ASCII-incompatible string

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• Backport: 3.1: REQUIRED, 3.2: REQUIRED, 3.3: REQUIRED

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

"\u{3036}" #=> "〶"
Float("\u{3036}".encode("utf-16be")) #=> 6.0

While:

Integer("\u{3036}".encode("utf-16be")) #=> ASCII incompatible encoding: UTF-16BE (Encoding::CompatibilityError)

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed

Applied in changeset git|c1862cbb89a6bf42dcd07d92fe4f4bfeebca5775.

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[Bug #20719] Float argument must be ASCII compatible