# The encoding alias named internal when Encoding.default\_internal is nil

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-encoding-alias-named-internal-when-encoding-default-internal-is-nil/152146>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [October 30, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-encoding-alias-named-internal-when-encoding-default-internal-is-nil/152146 "2008-10-30T15:10:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Yugui\_SYuki\_S.S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/dec6dc/32.png) [@Yugui\_SYuki\_S.S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yugui_SYuki_S.S)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-encoding-alias-named-internal-when-encoding-default-internal-is-nil/152146/1 "2008-10-30T15:10:57Z")

</div>

Yuguie$B$G$9!#e(B

default\_internale$B$,;XDj$5$l$F$$$J$$\>l9g$K$O%(%$%j%"%9e(Binternale$B$ODj5A$5$l$Je(B  
e$B$$$h$&$G$9$,!"$3$l$O;EMM$G$7$g$&$+!#e(B  
e$B$^$?!"0lJ}$Ge(BEncoding.aliasese$B$Oe(Binternale$B$r\>o$K4^$`$h$&$G$9!#e(B

test\_enc\_names(TestEncoding):  
ArgumentError: unknown encoding name - internal  
/Users/yugui/src/ruby/mri/test/ruby/test\_encoding.rb:21:in `find' /Users/yugui/src/ruby/mri/test/ruby/test_encoding.rb:21:in`block in  
test\_enc\_names’  
/Users/yugui/src/ruby/mri/test/ruby/test\_encoding.rb:20:in `each' /Users/yugui/src/ruby/mri/test/ruby/test_encoding.rb:20:in`test\_enc\_names’

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Yugui\_SYuki\_S.S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/dec6dc/32.png) [@Yugui\_SYuki\_S.S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yugui_SYuki_S.S)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-encoding-alias-named-internal-when-encoding-default-internal-is-nil/152146/2 "2008-10-31T01:28:13Z")

</div>

e$B$J$+$@$G$9!#e(B

At Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:09:27 +0900,  
Yugui (Yuki S.) wrote in [ruby-dev:37000]:

> default\_internale$B$,;XDj$5$l$F$$$J$$\>l9g$K$O%(%$%j%"%9e(Binternale$B$ODj5A$5$l$Je(B  
> e$B$$$h$&$G$9$,!"$3$l$O;EMM$G$7$g$&$+!#e(B

e$BDj5A$5$l$J$$$H$$$&$N$H$O$A$g$C$H0c$C$F$$$F!"L58z$H$$$&$+B8:_$7$Je(B  
e$B$$e(Bencodinge$B$H$7$FDj5A$5$l$F$$$^$9!#e(Bdefault\_internale$B$,;XDj$5$l$F$$e(B  
e$B$J$$\>l9g$K$O$?$7$+$KB8:_$7$J$$$o$1$G$9!#$3$&$$$&\>l9g$O2?$rJV$9$Ne(B  
e$B$,$$$$$s$G$7$g$&$M!#e(B

> e$B$^$?!"0lJ}$Ge(BEncoding.aliasese$B$Oe(Binternale$B$r\>o$K4^$`$h$&$G$9!#e(B

Encoding::INTERNALe$B$be(BEncoding.default\_internale$B$b\>o$Ke(Bnile$B$G$9!#e(B