lib/rb-fsevent/fsevent.rb in rb-fsevent-0.11.1 vs lib/rb-fsevent/fsevent.rb in rb-fsevent-0.11.2

@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@
     # please note the use of IO::select() here, as it is used specifically to
     # preserve correct signal handling behavior in ruby 1.8.
     while @running && IO::select([@pipe], nil, nil, nil)
       # managing the IO ourselves allows us to be careful and never pass an
       # incomplete message to OTNetstring.parse()
-      message = ""
-      length = ""
+      message = String.new
+      length = String.new
       byte = nil
 
       reading_length = true
       found_length = false