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+#
+# Author:: Adam Jacob (<adam@opscode.com>)
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2008 Opscode, Inc.
+# License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# == String (Patch)
+# On ruby 1.9, Strings are aware of multibyte characters, so +size+ and +length+
+# give the actual number of characters. In Chef::REST, we need the bytesize
+# so we can correctly set the Content-Length headers, but ruby 1.8.6 and lower
+# don't define String#bytesize. Monkey patching time!
+
+begin
+  require 'enumerator'
+rescue LoadError
+end
+
+class String
+  unless method_defined?(:bytesize)
+    alias :bytesize :size
+  end
+
+  unless method_defined?(:lines)
+    def lines
+      enum_for(:each)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# <= 1.8.6 needs some ord! 
+class String
+  unless method_defined?(:ord)
+    def ord
+      self.unpack('C').first
+    end
+  end
+end