@@ -2769,10 +2769,24 @@
 		for (size_t i = 0; i < length; i++)
 			ret[i] = OF_BSWAP32(ret[i]);
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+- (OFData *)dataWithEncoding: (of_string_encoding_t)encoding
+{
+	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
+	OFData *data =
+	    [OFData dataWithItems: [self cStringWithEncoding: encoding]
+			    count: [self cStringLengthWithEncoding: encoding]];
+
+	[data retain];
+
+	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
+
+	return [data autorelease];
+}
 
 #ifdef OF_HAVE_UNICODE_TABLES
 - (OFString *)decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping
 {
 	return decomposedString(self, of_unicode_decomposition_table,