String#setbyte

VALUE
rb_str_setbyte(VALUE str, VALUE index, VALUE value)
{
    long pos = NUM2LONG(index);
    long len = RSTRING_LEN(str);
    char *ptr, *head, *left = 0;
    rb_encoding *enc;
    int cr = ENC_CODERANGE_UNKNOWN, width, nlen;

    if (pos < -len || len <= pos)
        rb_raise(rb_eIndexError, "index %ld out of string", pos);
    if (pos < 0)
        pos += len;

    VALUE v = rb_to_int(value);
    VALUE w = rb_int_and(v, INT2FIX(0xff));
    char byte = (char)(NUM2INT(w) & 0xFF);

    if (!str_independent(str))
        str_make_independent(str);
    enc = STR_ENC_GET(str);
    head = RSTRING_PTR(str);
    ptr = &head[pos];
    if (!STR_EMBED_P(str)) {
        cr = ENC_CODERANGE(str);
        switch (cr) {
          case ENC_CODERANGE_7BIT:
            left = ptr;
            *ptr = byte;
            if (ISASCII(byte)) goto end;
            nlen = rb_enc_precise_mbclen(left, head+len, enc);
            if (!MBCLEN_CHARFOUND_P(nlen))
                ENC_CODERANGE_SET(str, ENC_CODERANGE_BROKEN);
            else
                ENC_CODERANGE_SET(str, ENC_CODERANGE_VALID);
            goto end;
          case ENC_CODERANGE_VALID:
            left = rb_enc_left_char_head(head, ptr, head+len, enc);
            width = rb_enc_precise_mbclen(left, head+len, enc);
            *ptr = byte;
            nlen = rb_enc_precise_mbclen(left, head+len, enc);
            if (!MBCLEN_CHARFOUND_P(nlen))
                ENC_CODERANGE_SET(str, ENC_CODERANGE_BROKEN);
            else if (MBCLEN_CHARFOUND_LEN(nlen) != width || ISASCII(byte))
                ENC_CODERANGE_CLEAR(str);
            goto end;
        }
    }
    ENC_CODERANGE_CLEAR(str);
    *ptr = byte;

  end:
    return value;
}