methods = Zlib::GzipReader.public_instance_methods if !methods.include?(:readpartial) && !methods.include?('readpartial') class Zlib::GzipReader # @param [Fixnum] size # @param [IO] out # @return [String] def readpartial(size, out=nil) o = read(size) if o if out out.replace(o) return out else return o end end raise EOFError, "end of file reached" end end end