2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 775f4e0c51..33dabd6596 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Oct 16 13:25:46 2007  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* string.c (rb_str_new4): should copy encoding.  a patch from NARUSE,
+	  Yui <naruse AT airemix.com>.  [ruby-dev:32076]
+
 Tue Oct 16 01:31:23 2007  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* enum.c (enum_inject): RDoc update.  a patch from David Flanagan
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 19edb8cae0..40450bc17c 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ rb_str_new4(VALUE orig)
     }
     else if (STR_ASSOC_P(orig) || STR_EMBED_P(orig)) {
 	str = str_new(klass, RSTRING_PTR(orig), RSTRING_LEN(orig));
+	rb_enc_copy(str, orig);
     }
     else {
 	str = str_new4(klass, orig);