1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/openssl/buffering.rb b/lib/openssl/buffering.rb
index f07e5bc..95afd78 100644
--- a/lib/openssl/buffering.rb
+++ b/lib/openssl/buffering.rb
@@ -36,28 +36,32 @@ module Buffering
     end
   end
 
-  def consume_rbuff(size=nil)
+  def consume_rbuff(size=nil, str=nil)
     if @rbuffer.size == 0
       @eof = nil
       nil
     else
       size = @rbuffer.size unless size
-      ret = @rbuffer[0, size]
+      if str
+        str[0, str.size] = @rbuffer[0, size]
+      else
+        str = @rbuffer[0, size]
+      end
       @rbuffer[0, size] = ""
-      ret
+      str
     end
   end
 
   public
 
-  def read(size=nil)
+  def read(size=nil, str=nil)
     fill_rbuff unless defined? @rbuffer
     @eof ||= nil
     until @eof
       break if size && size <= @rbuffer.size
       fill_rbuff
     end
-    consume_rbuff(size)
+    consume_rbuff(size, str)
   end
 
   def gets(eol=$/)