lib/bencodr/parser.rb in bencodr-2.0.1 vs lib/bencodr/parser.rb in bencodr-3.0.0

@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@
       #   BEncodr::Parser.parse_string(scanner) #=> "string"
       #
       # @param [StringScanner] scanner the scanner of a bencoded string
       # @return [::String] the parsed string
       def parse_string(scanner)
-        length = scanner.scan(/[1-9][0-9]*|0/)    or raise BEncodeError, "Invalid string: length invalid. #{scanner.pos}"
-        scanner.scan(/:/)                         or raise BEncodeError, "Invalid string: missing colon(:). #{scanner.pos}"
-        scanner.scan(/.{#{length}}/m)             or raise BEncodeError, "Invalid string: length too long(#{length}) #{scanner.pos}."
+        length = scanner.scan(/[1-9][0-9]*|0/)        or raise BEncodeError, "Invalid string: length invalid. #{scanner.pos}"
+        scanner.scan(/:/)                             or raise BEncodeError, "Invalid string: missing colon(:). #{scanner.pos}"
+        byte_string = scanner.scan(/.{#{length}}/m)   or raise BEncodeError, "Invalid string: length too long(#{length}) #{scanner.pos}."
+        byte_string.encode('UTF-8') rescue byte_string.force_encoding('UTF-8')
       end
 
       # This method parases a bencoded integer.
       #
       #   scanner = StringScanner.new("i1e")
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