@@ -604,10 +604,17 @@
 {
 	[self finishInitialization];
 
 	return [self UTF32StringWithByteOrder: byteOrder];
 }
+
+- (OFData *)dataWithEncoding: (of_string_encoding_t)encoding
+{
+	[self finishInitialization];
+
+	return [self dataWithEncoding: encoding];
+}
 
 #ifdef OF_HAVE_UNICODE_TABLES
 - (OFString *)decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping
 {
 	[self finishInitialization];