require_relative '../../spec_helper' require_relative 'fixtures/classes' describe "String#dup" do before :each do ScratchPad.clear @obj = StringSpecs::InitializeString.new "string" end it "calls #initialize_copy on the new instance" do dup = @obj.dup ScratchPad.recorded.should_not == @obj.object_id ScratchPad.recorded.should == dup.object_id end it "copies instance variables" do dup = @obj.dup dup.ivar.should == 1 end it "does not copy singleton methods" do def @obj.special() :the_one end dup = @obj.dup lambda { dup.special }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "does not copy modules included in the singleton class" do class << @obj include StringSpecs::StringModule end dup = @obj.dup lambda { dup.repr }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "does not copy constants defined in the singleton class" do class << @obj CLONE = :clone end dup = @obj.dup lambda { class << dup; CLONE; end }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "does not modify the original string when changing dupped string" do orig = "string"[0..100] dup = orig.dup orig[0] = 'x' orig.should == "xtring" dup.should == "string" end end