1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 776fa03a0..ff50c13a7 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -8661,6 +8661,21 @@ rb_intern3(const char *name, long len, rb_encoding *enc)
 	}
     }
     if (m - name < len) id = ID_JUNK;
+    /*
+     * davidflanagan: commented out because this just doesn't make sense.
+     *
+     * If we were called with a non-ascii encoding, then change
+     * the encoding to ASCII, unless the symbol had multi-byte characters
+     * and there are trailing non-identifier characters that are 
+     * outside of ASCII. But all multi-byte characters
+     * are identifier chars, so there will never be trailing characters
+     * so this clause always changes the encoding of the string.
+     *
+     * The upshot is that the symbol is placed in the hashtable with
+     * an ASCII encoding, but is queried (at the top of this function)
+     * with its real encoding.  So :x == :x is false when x is a
+     * multi-byte character. 
+     *
     if (enc != rb_enc_from_index(0)) {
 	if (!mb) {
 	    for (; m <= name + len; ++m) {
@@ -8670,6 +8685,7 @@ rb_intern3(const char *name, long len, rb_encoding *enc)
 	enc = rb_enc_from_index(0);
       mbstr:;
     }
+    */
   new_id:
     id |= ++global_symbols.last_id << ID_SCOPE_SHIFT;
   id_register: