class String

	# correct length to non-ascii strings
	def length()
		self.split('').length
	end

end

# ERROR MESSAGE:
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/resolv.rb:1783:in `initialize': IPv4 address must be 4 bytes (ArgumentError)
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/resolv.rb:1654:in `new'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/resolv.rb:1654:in `decode_rdata'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/resolv.rb:1403:in `get_rr'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/resolv.rb:1308:in `get_length16'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/resolv.rb:1403:in `get_rr'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/resolv.rb:1289:in `decode'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/resolv.rb:1288:in `each'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/resolv.rb:1288:in `decode'
         ... 20 levels...
        from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/xmpp4r-simple-0.8.4/lib/xmpp4r-simple.rb:134:in `status'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/xmpp4r-simple-0.8.4/lib/xmpp4r-simple.rb:85:in `initialize'
        from ./raker.rb:204:in `new'
        from ./raker.rb:204