From a46b5230f508bc67cb5ef576fb729ee8f8950c70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:33:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] minor "patch"

---
 doc/THANKS           | 3 +++
 lib/request/basic.py | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/THANKS b/doc/THANKS
index 8bffb7246..06bd4ee38 100644
--- a/doc/THANKS
+++ b/doc/THANKS
@@ -523,6 +523,9 @@ Thierry Zoller <thierry@zoller.lu>
 -insane- <insane_@gmx.de>
     for reporting a minor bug
 
+1ndr4 joe <c0d3w4st3r@gmail.com>
+    for reporting a minor bug
+
 abc abc <biedimc@gmx.net>
     for reporting a minor bug
 
diff --git a/lib/request/basic.py b/lib/request/basic.py
index 7bf339785..23098c148 100644
--- a/lib/request/basic.py
+++ b/lib/request/basic.py
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ def checkCharEncoding(encoding):
         encoding = encoding[encoding.find('iso-88'):]
     elif encoding.startswith('is0-'):
         encoding = 'iso%s' % encoding[4:]
+    elif encoding.find('ascii') > 0:
+        encoding = 'ascii'
 
     # http://philip.html5.org/data/charsets-2.html
     if encoding in translate: