getc

static VALUE
strio_getc(VALUE self)
{
    struct StringIO *ptr = readable(StringIO(self));
    rb_encoding *enc = rb_enc_get(ptr->string);
    int len;
    char *p;

    if (ptr->pos >= RSTRING_LEN(ptr->string)) {
        return Qnil;
    }
    p = RSTRING_PTR(ptr->string)+ptr->pos;
    len = rb_enc_mbclen(p, RSTRING_END(ptr->string), enc);
    ptr->pos += len;
    return rb_enc_str_new(p, len, rb_enc_get(ptr->string));
}