lib/riddle.rb in riddle-1.3.3 vs lib/riddle.rb in riddle-1.4.0

@@ -1,15 +1,26 @@
+require 'thread'
 require 'socket'
 require 'timeout'
 
 module Riddle #:nodoc:
   @@mutex          = Mutex.new
   @@escape_pattern = /[\(\)\|\-!@~"&\/]/
+  @@use_encoding   = defined?(::Encoding) &&
+                     ::Encoding.respond_to?(:default_external)
   
   class ConnectionError < StandardError #:nodoc:
     #
   end
+
+  def self.encode(data, encoding = defined?(::Encoding) && ::Encoding.default_external)
+    if @@use_encoding
+      data.force_encoding(encoding)
+    else
+      data
+    end
+  end
   
   def self.mutex
     @@mutex
   end
   
@@ -49,9 +60,10 @@
   # or
   require 'riddle/1.10'
 
     }
   end
+
 end
 
 require 'riddle/auto_version'
 require 'riddle/client'
 require 'riddle/configuration'