# Provides code to work properly on 1.8 and 1.9

class String
  unless method_defined? :bytesize
    alias_method :bytesize, :size
  end

  unless method_defined? :byteslice
    if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
      alias_method :byteslice, :[]
    else
      def byteslice(*arg)
        enc = self.encoding
        self.dup.force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT).slice(*arg).force_encoding(enc)
      end
    end
  end
end