2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 33addaaadb..fdb39b3a6d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Sep 20 00:34:07 2005  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* io.c (io_close): call rb_io_close() directly if io is a T_FILE
+	  object.  [ruby-dev:27156]
+
 Mon Sep 19 19:09:08 2005  Minero Aoki  <aamine@loveruby.net>
 
 	* file.c (rb_file_chown): should accept nil. [ruby-dev:27171]
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 2c2fa80f15..7b7a1a787e 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -2134,6 +2134,10 @@ static VALUE
 io_close(io)
     VALUE io;
 {
+    if (TYPE(io) == T_FILE) {
+	rb_io_close(io);
+	return Qnil;
+    }
     return rb_funcall(io, rb_intern("close"), 0, 0);
 }