gistfile1.rb

#
# Short words in Rails locale files with åäö become binary!
# But the _why oneliner seems to work. The problem is probably elsewhere. Logging this for reference.
# 


# http://stdlib.rubyonrails.org/libdoc/yaml/rdoc/classes/String.html
# File yaml/rubytypes.rb, line 145
#    def is_binary_data?
#        ( self.count( "^ -~", "^\r\n" ) / self.size > 0.3 || self.count( "\x00" ) > 0 ) unless empty?
#    end

str = "Fråga"
puts str.count( "^ -~", "^\r\n" ) / str.size > 0.3 
puts str.count( "\x00" ) > 0

puts "RnLDpWdh".unpack("m")