Issue #9294 has been reported by steenslag (siep korteling).

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Bug #9294: Documentation for IO#read claims resulting string is always ASCII-8BIT encoding
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9294

Author: steenslag (siep korteling)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 
ruby -v: 2.0.0p247
Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN


Documentation for IO#read claims resulting string is always ASCII-8BIT encoding. This is not true (anymore).(http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-2.0.0/IO.html#method-i-read)


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