From: Michael Selig <michael.selig@...>
Date: 2008-12-21T14:10:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:20745] Re: Working with binary strings in Ruby 1.9?

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:16:28 +1100, James Gray <james@grayproductions.net>  
wrote:

>>> In 1.9 use:
>>>
>>>   File.binread(���)
>>
>> Alternatively you can specify 'encoding: "BINARY"' eg:
>>
>> 	File.open(<file>, encoding: "BINARY") {|f| f.read}
>> or shorter
>> 	File.read(<file>, encoding: "BINARY")
>
> I don't think you want to do that.  You need to set a mode like "rb" to  
> also shut off line ending conversion on Windows.

Sorry, you are quite right.
I guess what I was trying to say that if you have code working in 1.8,  
adding 'encoding: "BINARY"' to the "open" is all you should need to do, as  
mode "rb" would also be required in 1.8, I believe.

Mike