stringWithContentsOfFile not loading image files correctly anymore

FROM : OSX Developer
DATE : Wed Jan 09 08:34:02 2002

If you use stringWithContentsOfFile:
[webHeaderedReadyForImageDataString appendString:[NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:@”/tmp/SomeImageFile.jpeg”]];

To append an image files data to a string that has been pre loaded with the appropriate headers for displaying via a web script.
The method has been changed (since the wisdom of OpenStep) to interpret the data as Unicode characters.
This damages the data and is not a true representation of what the bytes in the file are anymore or at least not directly displayable anymore.

What do I do in light of this new wisdom now?

Rebuild and redesign the string class method stringWithContentsOfFile: should this not be called stringWithContentsOfFile: andInterpretAsUnicodedIfPossible:(BOOL)botherWithTheNewWay !?! [NO]

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