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| -rw-r--r-- | activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb index 52946f9037..d70f5d7241 100644 --- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb +++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb @@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/time/publicize_conversion_methods' require 'active_support/core_ext/time/calculations' class String - # 'a'.ord == 'a'[0] for Ruby 1.9 forward compatibility. + # Returns the ASCII code of the first character of the string, assuming it belongs to ASCII. + # + # This method is defined for Ruby 1.9 forward compatibility on ASCII characters. + # + # See also <tt>ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars#ord</tt>. def ord self[0] end unless method_defined?(:ord) |