Method: IO#external_encoding

Defined in:
io.c

#external_encoding ⇒ Encoding?

Returns the Encoding object that represents the encoding of the stream, or nil if the stream is in write mode and no encoding is specified.

See Encodings.

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# File 'io.c', line 13440

static VALUE
rb_io_external_encoding(VALUE io)
{
    rb_io_t *fptr = RFILE(rb_io_taint_check(io))->fptr;

    if (fptr->encs.enc2) {
        return rb_enc_from_encoding(fptr->encs.enc2);
    }
    if (fptr->mode & FMODE_WRITABLE) {
        if (fptr->encs.enc)
            return rb_enc_from_encoding(fptr->encs.enc);
        return Qnil;
    }
    return rb_enc_from_encoding(io_read_encoding(fptr));
}