diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 619c616be7..b088bfa725 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Thu Feb  6 11:44:40 2003  MoonWolf  <moonwolf@moonwolf.com>
+
+	* re.c (rb_reg_initialize_m): 3rd argument was ignored.
+
+Thu Feb  6 01:09:05 2003  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* string.c (rb_str_count): return 0 for empty string (was
+	  returning nil).
+
 Wed Feb  5 19:41:37 2003  Tanaka Akira  <akr@m17n.org>
 
 	* lib/open-uri.rb: dispatch code restructured to make it openable
@@ -8,7 +17,7 @@ Wed Feb  5 19:41:37 2003  Tanaka Akira  <akr@m17n.org>
 
 Wed Feb  5 17:11:02 2003  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
-	* parse.y (yylex): no .<digit> floating literal anymore.
+	* parse.y (yylex): no .<digit> float literal anymore.
 
 Tue Feb  4 16:11:30 2003  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index 830a227732..b837da8c3f 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ rb_reg_initialize_m(argc, argv, self)
 	    if (FIXNUM_P(argv[1])) flags = FIX2INT(argv[1]);
 	    else if (RTEST(argv[1])) flags = RE_OPTION_IGNORECASE;
 	}
-	else if (argc == 3) {
+	if (argc == 3) {
 	    char *kcode = StringValuePtr(argv[2]);
 
 	    switch (kcode[0]) {
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index d2fdc44806..0cadd61fe2 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -2478,7 +2478,7 @@ rb_str_count(argc, argv, str)
     }
 
     s = RSTRING(str)->ptr;
-    if (!s || RSTRING(str)->len == 0) return Qnil;
+    if (!s || RSTRING(str)->len == 0) return INT2FIX(0);
     send = s + RSTRING(str)->len;
     i = 0;
     while (s < send) {