* string.c (rb_str_b): Add String#b, returning a copied string

  whose encoding is ASCII-8BIT. [ruby-dev:45992] [Feature #6767]

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@37486 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
       * Signal.trap raises ArgumentError when :SEGV, :BUS, :ILL, :FPE, :VTALRM
         are specified.
 
+  *String
+    * added method:
+      * added String#b returning a copied string whose encoding is ASCII-8BIT.
+
   * Struct
     * added method:
       * added Struct#to_h returning values with keys corresponding to the