2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 973a41c200..a635c54b0d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Oct  8 15:00:22 2008  NARUSE, Yui  <naruse@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* ext/json/lib/json/pure/parser.rb
+	  (JSON::Pure::Parser#parse_string): force_encoding("UTF-8").
+
 Wed Oct  8 11:56:15 2008  NARUSE, Yui  <naruse@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/test/unit/assertions.rb: assert_nothing_thrown, 
diff --git a/ext/json/lib/json/pure/parser.rb b/ext/json/lib/json/pure/parser.rb
index a0ab3075fe..9c3fea91da 100644
--- a/ext/json/lib/json/pure/parser.rb
+++ b/ext/json/lib/json/pure/parser.rb
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ module JSON
               raise JSON::ParserError, "partial character in source" if stack
               res.pack("U*")
             end
-          end
+          end.force_encoding("UTF-8")
         else
           UNPARSED
         end