StringIO#pread

static VALUE
strio_pread(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    VALUE rb_len, rb_offset, rb_buf;
    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "21", &rb_len, &rb_offset, &rb_buf);
    long len = NUM2LONG(rb_len);
    long offset = NUM2LONG(rb_offset);

    if (len < 0) {
        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "negative string size (or size too big): %" PRIsVALUE, rb_len);
    }

    if (len == 0) {
        if (NIL_P(rb_buf)) {
            return rb_str_new("", 0);
        }
        return rb_buf;
    }

    if (offset < 0) {
        rb_syserr_fail_str(EINVAL, rb_sprintf("pread: Invalid offset argument: %" PRIsVALUE, rb_offset));
    }

    struct StringIO *ptr = readable(self);

    if (offset >= RSTRING_LEN(ptr->string)) {
        rb_eof_error();
    }

    if (NIL_P(rb_buf)) {
        return strio_substr(ptr, offset, len, rb_ascii8bit_encoding());
    }

    long rest = RSTRING_LEN(ptr->string) - offset;
    if (len > rest) len = rest;
    rb_str_resize(rb_buf, len);
    rb_enc_associate(rb_buf, rb_ascii8bit_encoding());
    MEMCPY(RSTRING_PTR(rb_buf), RSTRING_PTR(ptr->string) + offset, char, len);
    return rb_buf;
}