lib/ragel/bitmap.rb in ragel-bitmap-0.2.0 vs lib/ragel/bitmap.rb in ragel-bitmap-0.2.1

@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'ragel/bitmap/version'
 
+# Polyfilling `getbyte` in order to support ruby 1.8
+unless ''.respond_to?(:getbyte)
+  class String
+    def getbyte(index)
+      self[index].ord
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 module Ragel
   module Bitmap
     class Array8
       def initialize(string)
         @string = string