1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/utils.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/utils.rb
index f352cb6783..e86d4ccdcd 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/utils.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/utils.rb
@@ -144,6 +144,19 @@ module Rack
     end
     module_function :select_best_encoding
 
+    # Return the bytesize of String; uses String#length under Ruby 1.8 and
+    # String#bytesize under 1.9.
+    if ''.respond_to?(:bytesize)
+      def bytesize(string)
+        string.bytesize
+      end
+    else
+      def bytesize(string)
+        string.size
+      end
+    end
+    module_function :bytesize
+
     # Context allows the use of a compatible middleware at different points
     # in a request handling stack. A compatible middleware must define
     # #context which should take the arguments env and app. The first of which