### Environment Provide at least: * JRuby-9.1.8.0 * OSX, Fedora... ### Expected Behavior ``` a = :something a.encoding # #<Encoding:US-ASCII> def something; end a.encoding # should be #<Encoding:US-ASCII> ``` ### Actual Behavior ``` a = :something a.encoding # #<Encoding:US-ASCII> def something; end a.encoding # it is now #<Encoding:ASCII-8BIT> ```