# File lib/composite_io.rb, line 24 def read(length = nil, outbuf = nil) got_result = false outbuf = outbuf ? outbuf.replace("") : "" while io = current_io if result = io.read(length) got_result ||= !result.nil? result.force_encoding("BINARY") if result.respond_to?(:force_encoding) outbuf << result length -= result.length if length break if length == 0 end advance_io end (!got_result && length) ? nil : outbuf end