Is there a reason that `String.encodeToByteArray()` doesn't allow for choosing the desired encoding?...

# multiplatform

[Colby]

Is there a reason that String.encodeToByteArray() doesn't allow for choosing the desired encoding? It uses UTF-8 but I need ASCII

[ephemient]

if your string only contains ASCII characters then UTF-8 is compatible. if your string isn't ASCII then how are you expecting to encode it to ASCII?

[Colby]

You use some default value for the UTF-8 chars that aren't ASCII. I believe that's '?'.

[Daniel Pitts]

There is String.toByteArray which takes an encoding. It looks like encodeToByteArray() just called toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8) anyway.

[ephemient]

only on JVM

[Daniel Pitts]

Ah, didn't realize.

[ephemient]

Charset and Locale only exists on JVM