# "\\xEF\\xB8\\x80".encode("EUC-JP", "UTF-8") dumps core

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**Created:** [August 1, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xef-xb8-x80-encode-euc-jp-utf-8-dumps-core/144710 "2008-08-01T12:22:44Z")\
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% ./ruby -e ‘"\xEF\xB8\x80".encode(“EUC-JP”, “UTF-8”)’  
-e:1: [BUG] Segmentation fault  
ruby 1.9.0 (2008-08-01 revision 18300) [i686-linux]

## – control frame ---------- c:0004 p:---- s:0011 b:0011 l:000010 d:000010 CFUNC :encode c:0003 p:0012 s:0006 b:0006 l:000005 d:000005 TOP -e:1 c:0002 p:---- s:0004 b:0004 l:000003 d:000003 FINISH :private\_class\_method c:0001 p:0000 s:0002 b:0002 l:000001 d:000001 TOP :17

DBG\> : “-e:1:in `encode'" DBG> : "-e:1:in`'”  
– backtrace of native function call (Use addr2line) –  
0x81173ab  
0x813cad1  
0x813cb09  
0x80d76db  
0xb7f6b440  
0x80fa3b3  
0x80fa64e  
0x80fa7b0  
0x810a076  
0x8114820  
0x8114373  
0x8110a2c  
0x8114a23  
0x8115071  
0x805a448  
0x805a4eb  
0x8058ec8  
0xb7dcbea8  
0x8058dd1