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[PATCH] Add String#bin for parity with #hex and #oct.

Feature #11300: [PATCH] Add String#bin for parity with #hex and #oct.

Added by 0x0dea (D.E. Akers) over 10 years ago. Updated over 6 years ago.

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Feedback
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Target version:
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[ruby-core:69719]

Description

Proposal

It is proposed that String#bin be added to return the receiver's value when interpreted as a string of binary digits.

Rationale

This method's absence is surprising in the presence of #hex and #oct.

Files

string_bin.patch (2.17 KB) string_bin.patch 0x0dea (D.E. Akers), 06/24/2015 01:00 AM

Updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) over 10 years ago Actions
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 #1 [ruby-core:69720]

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

Two points. Unlike #hex and #oct, there's little demand for 0/1 strings conversion.
Besides that, String#bin can be easily confused with "binary (raw) encoding" and cause more surprise.
Any opinion?

Matz.

Updated by normalperson (Eric Wong) over 10 years ago Actions
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 #2 [ruby-core:69721]

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Two points. Unlike #hex and #oct, there's little demand for 0/1 strings conversion.
Besides that, String#bin can be easily confused with "binary (raw) encoding" and cause more surprise.
Any opinion?

I agree it is potentially confusing with String#b and redundant.

I even wish redundant methods like String#hex and String#oct can go away,
too; String#to_i is enough.

Updated by jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans) over 6 years ago Actions
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  • Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
  • Backport deleted (2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN)
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