lib/faster_require.rb in faster_require-0.9.3 vs lib/faster_require.rb in faster_require-0.9.4

@@ -255,15 +255,15 @@
                 $LOADED_FEATURES << relative_full_path unless $LOADED_FEATURES.index(relative_full_path) # add in with .rb, too, for autoload 
                   
                 # load(known_loc, false) # too slow
                 
                 # use eval: if this fails to load breaks re-save the offending file in binary mode, or file an issue on the faster_require tracker...
-                contents = File.open(known_loc, 'rb') {|f| f.read} # read only costs 0.34/10.0 s...
+                contents = File.open(known_loc, 'rb:utf-8') {|f| f.read} # read only costs 0.34/10.0 s...
                 if contents =~ /require_relative/ # =~ is faster apparently faster than .include?
                   load(known_loc, false) # load is slow, but overcomes a ruby core bug: http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4487
                 else
-                  Kernel.eval(contents, TOPLEVEL_BINDING, known_loc) # note the 'rb' here--this means it's reading .rb files as binary, which *typically* works...maybe unnecessary though?
+                  eval(contents, TOPLEVEL_BINDING, known_loc)
                 end
               ensure
                 raise 'unexpected' unless IN_PROCESS.pop == known_loc
               end
               return true
@@ -361,6 +361,6 @@
     alias :original_non_cached_require :require
     alias :require :require_cached
   end
 end
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end