lib/bindata/base.rb in bindata-1.8.3 vs lib/bindata/base.rb in bindata-2.0.0

@@ -231,21 +231,20 @@
       else
         "obj"
       end
     end
 
-    # Returns the offset (in bytes) of this object with respect to its most
-    # distant ancestor.
-    def abs_offset
+    # Returns the offset of this object wrt to its most distant ancestor.
+    def offset
       if @parent
-        @parent.abs_offset + @parent.offset_of(self)
+        @parent.offset + @parent.offset_of(self)
       else
         0
       end
     end
 
-    # Returns the offset (in bytes) of this object with respect to its parent.
+    # Returns the offset of this object wrt to its parent.
     def rel_offset
       if @parent
         @parent.offset_of(self)
       else
         0
@@ -280,13 +279,9 @@
         an
       end
     end
 
     def binary_string(str)
-      if str.respond_to?(:force_encoding)
-        str.to_s.dup.force_encoding(Encoding::BINARY)
-      else
-        str.dup
-      end
+      str.to_s.dup.force_encoding(Encoding::BINARY)
     end
   end
 end