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I noticed that in the url when searching there is a parameter "?utf8=✓". I just thought the use of ✓ was a little odd, and was wondering why this choice was mad

by dbh937 14y ago

I noticed that in the url when searching there is a parameter "?utf8=✓". I just thought the use of ✓ was a little odd, and was wondering why this choice was made.

pash 14y ago
Because it can be—UTF-8 is enabled. It's kind of cute to use a character from the extended set to indicate that.
TallboyOne 14y ago
It's the default in rails