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+require 'socket'

+class TCPSocket

+    def external_encoding

+        Encoding::BINARY

+    end

+end

+

+require 'rexml/source'

+class REXML::IOSource

+    alias_method :encoding_assign, :encoding=

+    def encoding=(value)

+        encoding_assign(value) if value

+    end

+end

+

+begin

+    # OpenSSL is optional and can be missing

+    require 'openssl'

+    class OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket

+        def external_encoding

+            Encoding::BINARY

+        end

+    end

+rescue

+# ignored

+end

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