* lib/pathname.rb (Pathname#initialize): fix pathname initialization

  by pathname.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8@6423 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/pathname.rb b/lib/pathname.rb
index ac420a5cae..663afcf5ed 100644
--- a/lib/pathname.rb
+++ b/lib/pathname.rb
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ class Pathname
   # If +path+ contains a NUL character (<tt>\0</tt>), an ArgumentError is raised.
   #
   def initialize(path)
-    @path = path.to_str.dup
+    path = path.to_str if path.respond_to? :to_str
+    @path = path.dup
 
     if /\0/ =~ @path
       raise ArgumentError, "pathname contains \\0: #{@path.inspect}"
@@ -882,6 +883,13 @@ if $0 == __FILE__
   require 'test/unit'
 
   class PathnameTest < Test::Unit::TestCase # :nodoc:
+    def test_initialize
+      p1 = Pathname.new('a')
+      assert_equal('a', p1.to_s)
+      p2 = Pathname.new(p1)
+      assert_equal(p1, p2)
+    end
+
     class AnotherStringLike # :nodoc:
       def initialize(s) @s = s end
       def to_str() @s end