lib/bencodr/parser.rb in bencodr-3.0.0 vs lib/bencodr/parser.rb in bencodr-3.0.1

@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@
       # @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}"
         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')
+        if RUBY_VERSION =~ /1\.9/
+          byte_string.encode('UTF-8') rescue byte_string.force_encoding('UTF-8')
+        else
+          byte_string
+        end
       end
 
       # This method parases a bencoded integer.
       #
       #   scanner = StringScanner.new("i1e")
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