Raise SyntaxError on invalid encoding symbol (#10967)

[Bug #20280]

Backport of #10014.

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/spec/ruby/language/hash_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/language/hash_spec.rb
index 6ac382c42c..1a5b5d0a71 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/language/hash_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/language/hash_spec.rb
@@ -191,20 +191,22 @@ describe "Hash literal" do
     usascii_hash.keys.first.encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
   end
 
-  it "raises an EncodingError at parse time when Symbol key with invalid bytes" do
-    ScratchPad.record []
-    -> {
-      eval 'ScratchPad << 1; {:"\xC3" => 1}'
-    }.should raise_error(EncodingError, 'invalid symbol in encoding UTF-8 :"\xC3"')
-    ScratchPad.recorded.should == []
-  end
+  ruby_bug "#20280", ""..."3.3" do
+    it "raises a SyntaxError at parse time when Symbol key with invalid bytes" do
+      ScratchPad.record []
+      -> {
+        eval 'ScratchPad << 1; {:"\xC3" => 1}'
+      }.should raise_error(SyntaxError, /invalid symbol/)
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == []
+    end
 
-  it "raises an EncodingError at parse time when Symbol key with invalid bytes and 'key: value' syntax used" do
-    ScratchPad.record []
-    -> {
-      eval 'ScratchPad << 1; {"\xC3": 1}'
-    }.should raise_error(EncodingError, 'invalid symbol in encoding UTF-8 :"\xC3"')
-    ScratchPad.recorded.should == []
+    it "raises a SyntaxError at parse time when Symbol key with invalid bytes and 'key: value' syntax used" do
+      ScratchPad.record []
+      -> {
+        eval 'ScratchPad << 1; {"\xC3": 1}'
+      }.should raise_error(SyntaxError, /invalid symbol/)
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == []
+    end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/language/symbol_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/language/symbol_spec.rb
index 7c1898efc2..ea6d541b8b 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/language/symbol_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/language/symbol_spec.rb
@@ -96,11 +96,13 @@ describe "A Symbol literal" do
     %I{a b #{"c"}}.should == [:a, :b, :c]
   end
 
-  it "raises an EncodingError at parse time when Symbol with invalid bytes" do
-    ScratchPad.record []
-    -> {
-      eval 'ScratchPad << 1; :"\xC3"'
-    }.should raise_error(EncodingError, 'invalid symbol in encoding UTF-8 :"\xC3"')
-    ScratchPad.recorded.should == []
+  ruby_bug "#20280", ""..."3.3" do
+    it "raises a SyntaxError at parse time when Symbol with invalid bytes" do
+      ScratchPad.record []
+      -> {
+        eval 'ScratchPad << 1; :"\xC3"'
+      }.should raise_error(SyntaxError, /invalid symbol/)
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == []
+    end
   end
 end