method

default_external

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default_external() public

Returns default external encoding.

The default external encoding is used by default for strings created from the following locations:

While strings created from these locations will have this encoding, the encoding may not be valid. Be sure to check String#valid_encoding?.

File data written to disk will be transcoded to the default external encoding when written.

The default external encoding is initialized by the locale or -E option.

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static VALUE
get_default_external(VALUE klass)
{
    return rb_enc_default_external();
}