131 files changed, 2765 insertions, 2781 deletions

diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/allocate_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/allocate_spec.rb
index 04f7c0d0ad..c9eceef590 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/allocate_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/allocate_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 describe "Array.allocate" do
   it "returns an instance of Array" do
     ary = Array.allocate
-    ary.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ary.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "returns a fully-formed instance of Array" do
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ describe "Array.allocate" do
   end
 
   it "does not accept any arguments" do
-    -> { Array.allocate(1) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { Array.allocate(1) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/append_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/append_spec.rb
index c12473dc07..5480d9f65e 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/append_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/append_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/push'
 
 describe "Array#<<" do
   it "pushes the object onto the end of the array" do
@@ -10,8 +9,8 @@ describe "Array#<<" do
   it "returns self to allow chaining" do
     a = []
     b = a
-    (a << 1).should equal(b)
-    (a << 2 << 3).should equal(b)
+    (a << 1).should.equal?(b)
+    (a << 2 << 3).should.equal?(b)
   end
 
   it "correctly resizes the Array" do
@@ -31,10 +30,12 @@ describe "Array#<<" do
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array << 5 }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array << 5 }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 end
 
 describe "Array#append" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_push, :append
+  it "is an alias of Array#push" do
+    Array.instance_method(:append).should == Array.instance_method(:push)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/assoc_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/assoc_spec.rb
index af95528281..a5026cf5d4 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/assoc_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/assoc_spec.rb
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ describe "Array#assoc" do
     s5 = [:letters, "a", "i", "u"]
     s_nil = [nil, nil]
     a = [s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s_nil]
-    a.assoc(s1.first).should equal(s1)
-    a.assoc(s2.first).should equal(s2)
-    a.assoc(s3.first).should equal(s3)
-    a.assoc(s4.first).should equal(s1)
-    a.assoc(s5.first).should equal(s2)
-    a.assoc(s_nil.first).should equal(s_nil)
-    a.assoc(4).should equal(s3)
-    a.assoc("key not in array").should be_nil
+    a.assoc(s1.first).should.equal?(s1)
+    a.assoc(s2.first).should.equal?(s2)
+    a.assoc(s3.first).should.equal?(s3)
+    a.assoc(s4.first).should.equal?(s1)
+    a.assoc(s5.first).should.equal?(s2)
+    a.assoc(s_nil.first).should.equal?(s_nil)
+    a.assoc(4).should.equal?(s3)
+    a.assoc("key not in array").should == nil
   end
 
   it "calls == on first element of each array" do
@@ -25,16 +25,28 @@ describe "Array#assoc" do
     key2 = mock('key2')
     items = [['not it', 1], [ArraySpecs::AssocKey.new, 2], ['na', 3]]
 
-    items.assoc(key1).should equal(items[1])
-    items.assoc(key2).should be_nil
+    items.assoc(key1).should.equal?(items[1])
+    items.assoc(key2).should == nil
   end
 
   it "ignores any non-Array elements" do
-    [1, 2, 3].assoc(2).should be_nil
+    [1, 2, 3].assoc(2).should == nil
     s1 = [4]
     s2 = [5, 4, 3]
     a = ["foo", [], s1, s2, nil, []]
-    a.assoc(s1.first).should equal(s1)
-    a.assoc(s2.first).should equal(s2)
+    a.assoc(s1.first).should.equal?(s1)
+    a.assoc(s2.first).should.equal?(s2)
+  end
+
+  it "calls to_ary on non-array elements" do
+    s1 = [1, 2]
+    s2 = ArraySpecs::ArrayConvertible.new(2, 3)
+    a = [s1, s2]
+
+    s1.should_not_receive(:to_ary)
+    a.assoc(s1.first).should.equal?(s1)
+
+    a.assoc(2).should == [2, 3]
+    s2.called.should.equal?(:to_ary)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/at_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/at_spec.rb
index 8bc789fef7..3c7c99fdff 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/at_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/at_spec.rb
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ describe "Array#at" do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when the passed argument can't be coerced to Integer" do
-    -> { [].at("cat") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [].at("cat") }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError when 2 or more arguments are passed" do
-    -> { [:a, :b].at(0,1) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [:a, :b].at(0,1) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/bsearch_index_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/bsearch_index_spec.rb
index df2c7c098e..e1d5eb66bb 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/bsearch_index_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/bsearch_index_spec.rb
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ describe "Array#bsearch_index" do
     end
 
     it "returns an Enumerator" do
-      @enum.should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
+      @enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
     end
 
     it "returns an Enumerator with unknown size" do
-      @enum.size.should be_nil
+      @enum.size.should == nil
     end
 
     it "returns index of element when block condition is satisfied" do
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ describe "Array#bsearch_index" do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when block returns a String" do
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].bsearch_index { "not ok" } }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].bsearch_index { "not ok" } }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "returns nil when block is empty" do
-    [1, 2, 3].bsearch_index {}.should be_nil
+    [1, 2, 3].bsearch_index {}.should == nil
   end
 
   context "minimum mode" do
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ describe "Array#bsearch_index" do
     end
 
     it "returns nil when block condition is never satisfied" do
-      @array.bsearch_index { false }.should be_nil
-      @array.bsearch_index { |x| x >= 100 }.should be_nil
+      @array.bsearch_index { false }.should == nil
+      @array.bsearch_index { |x| x >= 100 }.should == nil
     end
   end
 
@@ -51,34 +51,30 @@ describe "Array#bsearch_index" do
     end
 
     it "returns the index of any matched elements where element is between 4 <= x < 8" do
-      [1, 2].should include(@array.bsearch_index { |x| 1 - x / 4 })
+      [1, 2].should.include?(@array.bsearch_index { |x| 1 - x / 4 })
     end
 
     it "returns the index of any matched elements where element is between 8 <= x < 10" do
-      @array.bsearch_index { |x| 4 - x / 2 }.should be_nil
+      @array.bsearch_index { |x| 4 - x / 2 }.should == nil
     end
 
     it "returns nil when block never returns 0" do
-      @array.bsearch_index { |x| 1 }.should be_nil
-      @array.bsearch_index { |x| -1 }.should be_nil
-    end
-
-    it "returns the middle element when block always returns zero" do
-      @array.bsearch_index { |x| 0 }.should == 2
+      @array.bsearch_index { |x| 1 }.should == nil
+      @array.bsearch_index { |x| -1 }.should == nil
     end
 
     context "magnitude does not effect the result" do
       it "returns the index of any matched elements where element is between 4n <= xn < 8n" do
-        [1, 2].should include(@array.bsearch_index { |x| (1 - x / 4) * (2**100) })
+        [1, 2].should.include?(@array.bsearch_index { |x| (1 - x / 4) * (2**100) })
       end
 
       it "returns nil when block never returns 0" do
-        @array.bsearch_index { |x| 1 * (2**100) }.should be_nil
-        @array.bsearch_index { |x| (-1) * (2**100) }.should be_nil
+        @array.bsearch_index { |x| 1 * (2**100) }.should == nil
+        @array.bsearch_index { |x| (-1) * (2**100) }.should == nil
       end
 
       it "handles values from Integer#coerce" do
-        [1, 2].should include(@array.bsearch_index { |x| (2**100).coerce((1 - x / 4) * (2**100)).first })
+        [1, 2].should.include?(@array.bsearch_index { |x| (2**100).coerce((1 - x / 4) * (2**100)).first })
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/bsearch_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/bsearch_spec.rb
index 8fa6245dbf..12aec60654 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/bsearch_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/bsearch_spec.rb
@@ -3,26 +3,26 @@ require_relative '../enumerable/shared/enumeratorized'
 
 describe "Array#bsearch" do
   it "returns an Enumerator when not passed a block" do
-    [1].bsearch.should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
+    [1].bsearch.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
   end
 
   it_behaves_like :enumeratorized_with_unknown_size, :bsearch, [1,2,3]
 
   it "raises a TypeError if the block returns an Object" do
-    -> { [1].bsearch { Object.new } }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [1].bsearch { Object.new } }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if the block returns a String" do
-    -> { [1].bsearch { "1" } }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [1].bsearch { "1" } }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   context "with a block returning true or false" do
     it "returns nil if the block returns false for every element" do
-      [0, 1, 2, 3].bsearch { |x| x > 3 }.should be_nil
+      [0, 1, 2, 3].bsearch { |x| x > 3 }.should == nil
     end
 
     it "returns nil if the block returns nil for every element" do
-      [0, 1, 2, 3].bsearch { |x| nil }.should be_nil
+      [0, 1, 2, 3].bsearch { |x| nil }.should == nil
     end
 
     it "returns element at zero if the block returns true for every element" do
@@ -38,21 +38,21 @@ describe "Array#bsearch" do
 
   context "with a block returning negative, zero, positive numbers" do
     it "returns nil if the block returns less than zero for every element" do
-      [0, 1, 2, 3].bsearch { |x| x <=> 5 }.should be_nil
+      [0, 1, 2, 3].bsearch { |x| x <=> 5 }.should == nil
     end
 
     it "returns nil if the block returns greater than zero for every element" do
-      [0, 1, 2, 3].bsearch { |x| x <=> -1 }.should be_nil
+      [0, 1, 2, 3].bsearch { |x| x <=> -1 }.should == nil
 
     end
 
     it "returns nil if the block never returns zero" do
-      [0, 1, 3, 4].bsearch { |x| x <=> 2 }.should be_nil
+      [0, 1, 3, 4].bsearch { |x| x <=> 2 }.should == nil
     end
 
     it "accepts (+/-)Float::INFINITY from the block" do
-      [0, 1, 3, 4].bsearch { |x| Float::INFINITY }.should be_nil
-      [0, 1, 3, 4].bsearch { |x| -Float::INFINITY }.should be_nil
+      [0, 1, 3, 4].bsearch { |x| Float::INFINITY }.should == nil
+      [0, 1, 3, 4].bsearch { |x| -Float::INFINITY }.should == nil
     end
 
     it "returns an element at an index for which block returns 0.0" do
@@ -62,17 +62,17 @@ describe "Array#bsearch" do
 
     it "returns an element at an index for which block returns 0" do
       result = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4].bsearch { |x| x < 1 ? 1 : x > 3 ? -1 : 0 }
-      [1, 2].should include(result)
+      [1, 2].should.include?(result)
     end
   end
 
   context "with a block that calls break" do
     it "returns nil if break is called without a value" do
-      ['a', 'b', 'c'].bsearch { |v| break }.should be_nil
+      ['a', 'b', 'c'].bsearch { |v| break }.should == nil
     end
 
     it "returns nil if break is called with a nil value" do
-      ['a', 'b', 'c'].bsearch { |v| break nil }.should be_nil
+      ['a', 'b', 'c'].bsearch { |v| break nil }.should == nil
     end
 
     it "returns object if break is called with an object" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/clear_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/clear_spec.rb
index 81ba56e01e..15778f864f 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/clear_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/clear_spec.rb
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 describe "Array#clear" do
   it "removes all elements" do
     a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    a.clear.should equal(a)
+    a.clear.should.equal?(a)
     a.should == []
   end
 
   it "returns self" do
     a = [1]
-    a.should equal a.clear
+    a.should.equal? a.clear
   end
 
   it "leaves the Array empty" do
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ describe "Array#clear" do
   end
 
   it "does not accept any arguments" do
-    -> { [1].clear(true) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [1].clear(true) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
     a = [1]
     a.freeze
-    -> { a.clear }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { a.clear }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/clone_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/clone_spec.rb
index e22a6c6d53..7ce9d40a81 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/clone_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/clone_spec.rb
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ describe "Array#clone" do
     aa = a.clone
     bb = b.clone
 
-    a.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should be_true
-    b.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should be_false
-    aa.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should be_true
-    bb.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should be_false
+    a.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should == true
+    b.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should == false
+    aa.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should == true
+    bb.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should == false
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/collect_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/collect_spec.rb
index 0ad4c283b1..43a539f805 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/collect_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/collect_spec.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,143 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/collect'
+require_relative '../enumerable/shared/enumeratorized'
+require_relative 'shared/iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing'
 
 describe "Array#collect" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_collect, :collect
+  it "returns a copy of array with each element replaced by the value returned by block" do
+    a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
+    b = a.collect { |i| i + '!' }
+    b.should == ["a!", "b!", "c!", "d!"]
+    b.should_not.equal? a
+  end
+
+  it "does not return subclass instance" do
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].collect { |x| x + 1 }.should.instance_of?(Array)
+  end
+
+  it "does not change self" do
+    a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
+    a.collect { |i| i + '!' }
+    a.should == ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
+  end
+
+  it "returns the evaluated value of block if it broke in the block" do
+    a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
+    b = a.collect {|i|
+      if i == 'c'
+        break 0
+      else
+        i + '!'
+      end
+    }
+    b.should == 0
+  end
+
+  it "returns an Enumerator when no block given" do
+    a = [1, 2, 3]
+    a.collect.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
+  end
+
+  it "raises an ArgumentError when no block and with arguments" do
+    a = [1, 2, 3]
+    -> {
+      a.collect(:foo)
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
+  end
+
+  before :each do
+    @object = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+  end
+  it_behaves_like :enumeratorized_with_origin_size, :collect
+
+  it_behaves_like :array_iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing, :collect
 end
 
 describe "Array#collect!" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_collect_b, :collect!
+  it "replaces each element with the value returned by block" do
+    a = [7, 9, 3, 5]
+    a.collect! { |i| i - 1 }.should.equal?(a)
+    a.should == [6, 8, 2, 4]
+  end
+
+  it "returns self" do
+    a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+    b = a.collect! {|i| i+1 }
+    a.should.equal? b
+  end
+
+  it "returns the evaluated value of block but its contents is partially modified, if it broke in the block" do
+    a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
+    b = a.collect! {|i|
+      if i == 'c'
+        break 0
+      else
+        i + '!'
+      end
+    }
+    b.should == 0
+    a.should == ['a!', 'b!', 'c', 'd']
+  end
+
+  it "returns an Enumerator when no block given, and the enumerator can modify the original array" do
+    a = [1, 2, 3]
+    enum = a.collect!
+    enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
+    enum.each{|i| "#{i}!" }
+    a.should == ["1!", "2!", "3!"]
+  end
+
+  describe "when frozen" do
+    it "raises a FrozenError" do
+      -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.collect! {} }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+    end
+
+    it "raises a FrozenError when empty" do
+      -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.collect! {} }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+    end
+
+    it "raises a FrozenError when calling #each on the returned Enumerator" do
+      enumerator = ArraySpecs.frozen_array.collect!
+      -> { enumerator.each {|x| x } }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+    end
+
+    it "raises a FrozenError when calling #each on the returned Enumerator when empty" do
+      enumerator = ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.collect!
+      -> { enumerator.each {|x| x } }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "does not truncate the array is the block raises an exception" do
+    a = [1, 2, 3]
+    begin
+      a.collect! { raise StandardError, 'Oops' }
+    rescue
+    end
+
+    a.should == [1, 2, 3]
+  end
+
+  it "only changes elements before error is raised, keeping the element which raised an error." do
+    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    begin
+      a.collect! do |e|
+        case e
+        when 1 then -1
+        when 2 then -2
+        when 3 then raise StandardError, 'Oops'
+        else 0
+        end
+      end
+    rescue StandardError
+    end
+
+    a.should == [-1, -2, 3, 4]
+  end
+
+  before :each do
+    @object = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+  end
+  it_behaves_like :enumeratorized_with_origin_size, :collect!
+
+  it_behaves_like :array_iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing, :collect!
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/combination_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/combination_spec.rb
index f16d6f98fc..ac570687ca 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/combination_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/combination_spec.rb
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ describe "Array#combination" do
   end
 
   it "returns an enumerator when no block is provided" do
-    @array.combination(2).should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
+    @array.combination(2).should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
   end
 
   it "returns self when a block is given" do
-    @array.combination(2){}.should equal(@array)
+    @array.combination(2){}.should.equal?(@array)
   end
 
   it "yields nothing for out of bounds length and return self" do
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe "Array#combination" do
   it "yields a copy of self if the argument is the size of the receiver" do
     r = @array.combination(4).to_a
     r.should == [@array]
-    r[0].should_not equal(@array)
+    r[0].should_not.equal?(@array)
   end
 
   it "yields [] when length is 0" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/compact_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/compact_spec.rb
index 83b3fa2a89..dbcd16da35 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/compact_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/compact_spec.rb
@@ -15,30 +15,30 @@ describe "Array#compact" do
 
   it "does not return self" do
     a = [1, 2, 3]
-    a.compact.should_not equal(a)
+    a.compact.should_not.equal?(a)
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instance for Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3, nil].compact.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3, nil].compact.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 end
 
 describe "Array#compact!" do
   it "removes all nil elements" do
     a = ['a', nil, 'b', false, 'c']
-    a.compact!.should equal(a)
+    a.compact!.should.equal?(a)
     a.should == ["a", "b", false, "c"]
     a = [nil, 'a', 'b', false, 'c']
-    a.compact!.should equal(a)
+    a.compact!.should.equal?(a)
     a.should == ["a", "b", false, "c"]
     a = ['a', 'b', false, 'c', nil]
-    a.compact!.should equal(a)
+    a.compact!.should.equal?(a)
     a.should == ["a", "b", false, "c"]
   end
 
   it "returns self if some nil elements are removed" do
     a = ['a', nil, 'b', false, 'c']
-    a.compact!.should equal a
+    a.compact!.should.equal? a
   end
 
   it "returns nil if there are no nil elements to remove" do
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ describe "Array#compact!" do
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.compact! }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.compact! }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/comparison_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/comparison_spec.rb
index 5d1c3265f1..14e8931e5a 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/comparison_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/comparison_spec.rb
@@ -92,6 +92,6 @@ describe "Array#<=>" do
   end
 
   it "returns nil when the argument is not array-like" do
-    ([] <=> false).should be_nil
+    ([] <=> false).should == nil
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/concat_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/concat_spec.rb
index f3cab9c17c..1e8d20c36c 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/concat_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/concat_spec.rb
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 describe "Array#concat" do
   it "returns the array itself" do
     ary = [1,2,3]
-    ary.concat([4,5,6]).equal?(ary).should be_true
+    ary.concat([4,5,6]).equal?(ary).should == true
   end
 
   it "appends the elements in the other array" do
     ary = [1, 2, 3]
-    ary.concat([9, 10, 11]).should equal(ary)
+    ary.concat([9, 10, 11]).should.equal?(ary)
     ary.should == [1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11]
     ary.concat([])
     ary.should == [1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11]
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ describe "Array#concat" do
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError when Array is frozen and modification occurs" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.concat [1] }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.concat [1] }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   # see [ruby-core:23666]
   it "raises a FrozenError when Array is frozen and no modification occurs" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.concat([]) }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.concat([]) }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "appends elements to an Array with enough capacity that has been shifted" do
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe "Array#concat" do
 
   it "returns self when given no arguments" do
     ary = [1, 2]
-    ary.concat.should equal(ary)
+    ary.concat.should.equal?(ary)
     ary.should == [1, 2]
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/constructor_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/constructor_spec.rb
index 6f36074c45..c4398c535d 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/constructor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/constructor_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe "Array.[]" do
     Array.[](5, true, nil, 'a', "Ruby", obj).should == [5, true, nil, "a", "Ruby", obj]
 
     a = ArraySpecs::MyArray.[](5, true, nil, 'a', "Ruby", obj)
-    a.should be_an_instance_of(ArraySpecs::MyArray)
+    a.should.instance_of?(ArraySpecs::MyArray)
     a.inspect.should == [5, true, nil, "a", "Ruby", obj].inspect
   end
 end
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe "Array[]" do
     Array[5, true, nil, 'a', "Ruby", obj].should == Array.[](5, true, nil, "a", "Ruby", obj)
 
     a = ArraySpecs::MyArray[5, true, nil, 'a', "Ruby", obj]
-    a.should be_an_instance_of(ArraySpecs::MyArray)
+    a.should.instance_of?(ArraySpecs::MyArray)
     a.inspect.should == [5, true, nil, "a", "Ruby", obj].inspect
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/cycle_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/cycle_spec.rb
index 7219b49883..29284257e9 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/cycle_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/cycle_spec.rb
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ describe "Array#cycle" do
   end
 
   it "does not yield and returns nil when the array is empty and passed value is an integer" do
-    [].cycle(6, &@prc).should be_nil
+    [].cycle(6, &@prc).should == nil
     ScratchPad.recorded.should == []
   end
 
   it "does not yield and returns nil when the array is empty and passed value is nil" do
-    [].cycle(nil, &@prc).should be_nil
+    [].cycle(nil, &@prc).should == nil
     ScratchPad.recorded.should == []
   end
 
   it "does not yield and returns nil when passed 0" do
-    @array.cycle(0, &@prc).should be_nil
+    @array.cycle(0, &@prc).should == nil
     ScratchPad.recorded.should == []
   end
 
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ describe "Array#cycle" do
   it "does not rescue StopIteration when not passed a count" do
     -> do
       @array.cycle { raise StopIteration }
-    end.should raise_error(StopIteration)
+    end.should.raise(StopIteration)
   end
 
   it "does not rescue StopIteration when passed a count" do
     -> do
       @array.cycle(3) { raise StopIteration }
-    end.should raise_error(StopIteration)
+    end.should.raise(StopIteration)
   end
 
   it "iterates the array Integer(count) times when passed a Float count" do
@@ -74,23 +74,23 @@ describe "Array#cycle" do
     count = mock("cycle count 2")
     count.should_receive(:to_int).and_return("2")
 
-    -> { @array.cycle(count, &@prc) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { @array.cycle(count, &@prc) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if passed a String" do
-    -> { @array.cycle("4") { } }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { @array.cycle("4") { } }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if passed an Object" do
-    -> { @array.cycle(mock("cycle count")) { } }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { @array.cycle(mock("cycle count")) { } }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if passed true" do
-    -> { @array.cycle(true) { } }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { @array.cycle(true) { } }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if passed false" do
-    -> { @array.cycle(false) { } }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { @array.cycle(false) { } }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   before :all do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/deconstruct_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/deconstruct_spec.rb
index ad67abe47b..11bb8e72c4 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/deconstruct_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/deconstruct_spec.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ describe "Array#deconstruct" do
   it "returns self" do
     array = [1]
 
-    array.deconstruct.should equal array
+    array.deconstruct.should.equal? array
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/delete_at_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/delete_at_spec.rb
index 80ec643702..1e298b6730 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/delete_at_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/delete_at_spec.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ describe "Array#delete_at" do
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { [1,2,3].freeze.delete_at(0) }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { [1,2,3].freeze.delete_at(0) }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/delete_if_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/delete_if_spec.rb
index 10972eee0e..701a612395 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/delete_if_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/delete_if_spec.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe "Array#delete_if" do
   end
 
   it "returns self" do
-    @a.delete_if{ true }.equal?(@a).should be_true
+    @a.delete_if{ true }.equal?(@a).should == true
   end
 
   it_behaves_like :enumeratorize, :delete_if
@@ -25,27 +25,27 @@ describe "Array#delete_if" do
   it "returns self when called on an Array emptied with #shift" do
     array = [1]
     array.shift
-    array.delete_if { |x| true }.should equal(array)
+    array.delete_if { |x| true }.should.equal?(array)
   end
 
   it "returns an Enumerator if no block given, and the enumerator can modify the original array" do
     enum = @a.delete_if
-    enum.should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
-    @a.should_not be_empty
+    enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
+    @a.should_not.empty?
     enum.each { true }
-    @a.should be_empty
+    @a.should.empty?
   end
 
   it "returns an Enumerator if no block given, and the array is frozen" do
-    @a.freeze.delete_if.should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
+    @a.freeze.delete_if.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.delete_if {} }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.delete_if {} }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on an empty frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.delete_if {} }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.delete_if {} }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "does not truncate the array is the block raises an exception" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/delete_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/delete_spec.rb
index dddbbe6bd3..0d80b2839d 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/delete_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/delete_spec.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ describe "Array#delete" do
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].freeze.delete(1) }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].freeze.delete(1) }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/difference_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/difference_spec.rb
index 9f7d4c4a1a..63e32feca0 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/difference_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/difference_spec.rb
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ describe "Array#difference" do
   it "returns a copy when called without any parameter" do
     x = [1, 2, 3, 2]
     x.difference.should == x
-    x.difference.should_not equal x
+    x.difference.should_not.equal? x
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instances for Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].difference.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].difference.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "accepts multiple arguments" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/dig_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/dig_spec.rb
index f2d8ff47fd..4166ff9f1f 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/dig_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/dig_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ describe "Array#dig" do
 
   it "returns #at with one arg" do
     ['a'].dig(0).should == 'a'
-    ['a'].dig(1).should be_nil
+    ['a'].dig(1).should == nil
   end
 
   it "recurses array elements" do
@@ -22,20 +22,20 @@ describe "Array#dig" do
   it "raises a TypeError for a non-numeric index" do
     -> {
       ['a'].dig(:first)
-    }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if any intermediate step does not respond to #dig" do
     a = [1, 2]
     -> {
       a.dig(0, 1)
-    }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError if no arguments provided" do
     -> {
       [10].dig()
-    }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "returns nil if any intermediate step is nil" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/drop_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/drop_spec.rb
index 0ea748e47d..c0e1c9edce 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/drop_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/drop_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe "Array#drop" do
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError if the number of elements specified is negative" do
-   -> { [1, 2].drop(-3) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [1, 2].drop(-3) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "returns an empty Array if all elements are dropped" do
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@ describe "Array#drop" do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when the passed argument can't be coerced to Integer" do
-    -> { [1, 2].drop("cat") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [1, 2].drop("cat") }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when the passed argument isn't an integer and #to_int returns non-Integer" do
     obj = mock("to_int")
     obj.should_receive(:to_int).and_return("cat")
 
-    -> { [1, 2].drop(obj) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [1, 2].drop(obj) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it 'returns a Array instance for Array subclasses' do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3, 4, 5].drop(1).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3, 4, 5].drop(1).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/drop_while_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/drop_while_spec.rb
index bd46e8b882..4fead3ff06 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/drop_while_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/drop_while_spec.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ describe "Array#drop_while" do
   end
 
   it 'returns a Array instance for Array subclasses' do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3, 4, 5].drop_while { |n| n < 4 }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3, 4, 5].drop_while { |n| n < 4 }.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/dup_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/dup_spec.rb
index 17f467d5fc..f14aeca3b5 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/dup_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/dup_spec.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ describe "Array#dup" do
     aa = a.dup
     bb = b.dup
 
-    aa.frozen?.should be_false
-    bb.frozen?.should be_false
+    aa.frozen?.should == false
+    bb.frozen?.should == false
   end
 
   it "does not copy singleton methods" do
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ describe "Array#dup" do
     aa = a.dup
     bb = b.dup
 
-    a.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should be_true
-    b.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should be_false
-    aa.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should be_false
-    bb.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should be_false
+    a.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should == true
+    b.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should == false
+    aa.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should == false
+    bb.respond_to?(:a_singleton_method).should == false
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/each_index_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/each_index_spec.rb
index 3a4bca9251..b238a89d8a 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/each_index_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/each_index_spec.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe "Array#each_index" do
 
   it "returns self" do
     a = [:a, :b, :c]
-    a.each_index { |i| }.should equal(a)
+    a.each_index { |i| }.should.equal?(a)
   end
 
   it "is not confused by removing elements from the front" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/each_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/each_spec.rb
index 57d6082f01..73a4c36b17 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/each_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/each_spec.rb
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ require_relative '../enumerable/shared/enumeratorized'
 # Mutating the array while it is being iterated is discouraged as it can result in confusing behavior.
 # Yet a Ruby implementation must not crash in such a case, and following the simple CRuby behavior makes sense.
 # CRuby simply reads the array storage and checks the size for every iteration;
-# like `i = 0; while i < size; yield self[i]; end`
+# like `i = 0; while i < size; yield self[i]; i += 1; end`
 
 describe "Array#each" do
   it "yields each element to the block" do
     a = []
     x = [1, 2, 3]
-    x.each { |item| a << item }.should equal(x)
+    x.each { |item| a << item }.should.equal?(x)
     a.should == [1, 2, 3]
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/element_reference_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/element_reference_spec.rb
index 31e5578a09..d5f4b54961 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/element_reference_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/element_reference_spec.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,862 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/slice'
 
 describe "Array#[]" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_slice, :[]
+  it "returns the element at index with [index]" do
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][1].should == "b"
+
+    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+
+    a[0].should == 1
+    a[1].should == 2
+    a[2].should == 3
+    a[3].should == 4
+    a[4].should == nil
+    a[10].should == nil
+
+    a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+  end
+
+  it "returns the element at index from the end of the array with [-index]" do
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][-2].should == "d"
+
+    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+
+    a[-1].should == 4
+    a[-2].should == 3
+    a[-3].should == 2
+    a[-4].should == 1
+    a[-5].should == nil
+    a[-10].should == nil
+
+    a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+  end
+
+  it "returns count elements starting from index with [index, count]" do
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][2, 3].should == ["c", "d", "e"]
+
+    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+
+    a[0, 0].should == []
+    a[0, 1].should == [1]
+    a[0, 2].should == [1, 2]
+    a[0, 4].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    a[0, 6].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    a[0, -1].should == nil
+    a[0, -2].should == nil
+    a[0, -4].should == nil
+
+    a[2, 0].should == []
+    a[2, 1].should == [3]
+    a[2, 2].should == [3, 4]
+    a[2, 4].should == [3, 4]
+    a[2, -1].should == nil
+
+    a[4, 0].should == []
+    a[4, 2].should == []
+    a[4, -1].should == nil
+
+    a[5, 0].should == nil
+    a[5, 2].should == nil
+    a[5, -1].should == nil
+
+    a[6, 0].should == nil
+    a[6, 2].should == nil
+    a[6, -1].should == nil
+
+    a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+  end
+
+  it "returns count elements starting at index from the end of array with [-index, count]" do
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][-2, 2].should == ["d", "e"]
+
+    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+
+    a[-1, 0].should == []
+    a[-1, 1].should == [4]
+    a[-1, 2].should == [4]
+    a[-1, -1].should == nil
+
+    a[-2, 0].should == []
+    a[-2, 1].should == [3]
+    a[-2, 2].should == [3, 4]
+    a[-2, 4].should == [3, 4]
+    a[-2, -1].should == nil
+
+    a[-4, 0].should == []
+    a[-4, 1].should == [1]
+    a[-4, 2].should == [1, 2]
+    a[-4, 4].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    a[-4, 6].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    a[-4, -1].should == nil
+
+    a[-5, 0].should == nil
+    a[-5, 1].should == nil
+    a[-5, 10].should == nil
+    a[-5, -1].should == nil
+
+    a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+  end
+
+  it "returns the first count elements with [0, count]" do
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][0, 3].should == ["a", "b", "c"]
+  end
+
+  it "returns the subarray which is independent to self with [index,count]" do
+    a = [1, 2, 3]
+    sub = a[1, 2]
+    sub.replace([:a, :b])
+    a.should == [1, 2, 3]
+  end
+
+  it "tries to convert the passed argument to an Integer using #to_int" do
+    obj = mock('to_int')
+    obj.stub!(:to_int).and_return(2)
+
+    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    a[obj].should == 3
+    a[obj, 1].should == [3]
+    a[obj, obj].should == [3, 4]
+    a[0, obj].should == [1, 2]
+  end
+
+  it "raises TypeError if to_int returns non-integer" do
+    from = mock('from')
+    to = mock('to')
+
+    # So we can construct a range out of them...
+    def from.<=>(o) 0 end
+    def to.<=>(o) 0 end
+
+    a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+
+    def from.to_int() 'cat' end
+    def to.to_int() -2 end
+
+    -> { a[from..to] }.should.raise(TypeError)
+
+    def from.to_int() 1 end
+    def to.to_int() 'cat' end
+
+    -> { a[from..to] }.should.raise(TypeError)
+  end
+
+  it "returns the elements specified by Range indexes with [m..n]" do
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][1..3].should == ["b", "c", "d"]
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][4..-1].should == ['e']
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][3..3].should == ['d']
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][3..-2].should == ['d']
+    ['a'][0..-1].should == ['a']
+
+    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+
+    a[0..-10].should == []
+    a[0..0].should == [1]
+    a[0..1].should == [1, 2]
+    a[0..2].should == [1, 2, 3]
+    a[0..3].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    a[0..4].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    a[0..10].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+
+    a[2..-10].should == []
+    a[2..0].should == []
+    a[2..2].should == [3]
+    a[2..3].should == [3, 4]
+    a[2..4].should == [3, 4]
+
+    a[3..0].should == []
+    a[3..3].should == [4]
+    a[3..4].should == [4]
+
+    a[4..0].should == []
+    a[4..4].should == []
+    a[4..5].should == []
+
+    a[5..0].should == nil
+    a[5..5].should == nil
+    a[5..6].should == nil
+
+    a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+  end
+
+  it "returns elements specified by Range indexes except the element at index n with [m...n]" do
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][1...3].should == ["b", "c"]
+
+    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+
+    a[0...-10].should == []
+    a[0...0].should == []
+    a[0...1].should == [1]
+    a[0...2].should == [1, 2]
+    a[0...3].should == [1, 2, 3]
+    a[0...4].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    a[0...10].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+
+    a[2...-10].should == []
+    a[2...0].should == []
+    a[2...2].should == []
+    a[2...3].should == [3]
+    a[2...4].should == [3, 4]
+
+    a[3...0].should == []
+    a[3...3].should == []
+    a[3...4].should == [4]
+
+    a[4...0].should == []
+    a[4...4].should == []
+    a[4...5].should == []
+
+    a[5...0].should == nil
+    a[5...5].should == nil
+    a[5...6].should == nil
+
+    a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+  end
+
+  it "returns elements that exist if range start is in the array but range end is not with [m..n]" do
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][4..7].should == ["e"]
+  end
+
+  it "accepts Range instances having a negative m and both signs for n with [m..n] and [m...n]" do
+    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+
+    a[-1..-1].should == [4]
+    a[-1...-1].should == []
+    a[-1..3].should == [4]
+    a[-1...3].should == []
+    a[-1..4].should == [4]
+    a[-1...4].should == [4]
+    a[-1..10].should == [4]
+    a[-1...10].should == [4]
+    a[-1..0].should == []
+    a[-1..-4].should == []
+    a[-1...-4].should == []
+    a[-1..-6].should == []
+    a[-1...-6].should == []
+
+    a[-2..-2].should == [3]
+    a[-2...-2].should == []
+    a[-2..-1].should == [3, 4]
+    a[-2...-1].should == [3]
+    a[-2..10].should == [3, 4]
+    a[-2...10].should == [3, 4]
+
+    a[-4..-4].should == [1]
+    a[-4..-2].should == [1, 2, 3]
+    a[-4...-2].should == [1, 2]
+    a[-4..-1].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    a[-4...-1].should == [1, 2, 3]
+    a[-4..3].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    a[-4...3].should == [1, 2, 3]
+    a[-4..4].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    a[-4...4].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    a[-4...4].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    a[-4..0].should == [1]
+    a[-4...0].should == []
+    a[-4..1].should == [1, 2]
+    a[-4...1].should == [1]
+
+    a[-5..-5].should == nil
+    a[-5...-5].should == nil
+    a[-5..-4].should == nil
+    a[-5..-1].should == nil
+    a[-5..10].should == nil
+
+    a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+  end
+
+  it "returns the subarray which is independent to self with [m..n]" do
+    a = [1, 2, 3]
+    sub = a[1..2]
+    sub.replace([:a, :b])
+    a.should == [1, 2, 3]
+  end
+
+  it "tries to convert Range elements to Integers using #to_int with [m..n] and [m...n]" do
+    from = mock('from')
+    to = mock('to')
+
+    # So we can construct a range out of them...
+    def from.<=>(o) 0 end
+    def to.<=>(o) 0 end
+
+    def from.to_int() 1 end
+    def to.to_int() -2 end
+
+    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+
+    a[from..to].should == [2, 3]
+    a[from...to].should == [2]
+    a[1..0].should == []
+    a[1...0].should == []
+
+    -> { a["a" .. "b"] }.should.raise(TypeError)
+    -> { a["a" ... "b"] }.should.raise(TypeError)
+    -> { a[from .. "b"] }.should.raise(TypeError)
+    -> { a[from ... "b"] }.should.raise(TypeError)
+  end
+
+  it "returns the same elements as [m..n] and [m...n] with Range subclasses" do
+    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    range_incl = ArraySpecs::MyRange.new(1, 2)
+    range_excl = ArraySpecs::MyRange.new(-3, -1, true)
+
+    a[range_incl].should == [2, 3]
+    a[range_excl].should == [2, 3]
+  end
+
+  it "returns nil for a requested index not in the array with [index]" do
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][5].should == nil
+  end
+
+  it "returns [] if the index is valid but length is zero with [index, length]" do
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][0, 0].should == []
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][2, 0].should == []
+  end
+
+  it "returns nil if length is zero but index is invalid with [index, length]" do
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][100, 0].should == nil
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][-50, 0].should == nil
+  end
+
+  # This is by design. It is in the official documentation.
+  it "returns [] if index == array.size with [index, length]" do
+    %w|a b c d e|[5, 2].should == []
+  end
+
+  it "returns nil if index > array.size with [index, length]" do
+    %w|a b c d e|[6, 2].should == nil
+  end
+
+  it "returns nil if length is negative with [index, length]" do
+    %w|a b c d e|[3, -1].should == nil
+    %w|a b c d e|[2, -2].should == nil
+    %w|a b c d e|[1, -100].should == nil
+  end
+
+  it "returns nil if no requested index is in the array with [m..n]" do
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][6..10].should == nil
+  end
+
+  it "returns nil if range start is not in the array with [m..n]" do
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][-10..2].should == nil
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][10..12].should == nil
+  end
+
+  it "returns an empty array when m == n with [m...n]" do
+    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5][1...1].should == []
+  end
+
+  it "returns an empty array with [0...0]" do
+    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5][0...0].should == []
+  end
+
+  it "returns a subarray where m, n negatives and m < n with [m..n]" do
+    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ][-3..-2].should == ["c", "d"]
+  end
+
+  it "returns an array containing the first element with [0..0]" do
+    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5][0..0].should == [1]
+  end
+
+  it "returns the entire array with [0..-1]" do
+    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5][0..-1].should == [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+  end
+
+  it "returns all but the last element with [0...-1]" do
+    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5][0...-1].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+  end
+
+  it "returns [3] for [2..-1] out of [1, 2, 3]" do
+    [1,2,3][2..-1].should == [3]
+  end
+
+  it "returns an empty array when m > n and m, n are positive with [m..n]" do
+    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5][3..2].should == []
+  end
+
+  it "returns an empty array when m > n and m, n are negative with [m..n]" do
+    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5][-2..-3].should == []
+  end
+
+  it "does not expand array when the indices are outside of the array bounds" do
+    a = [1, 2]
+    a[4].should == nil
+    a.should == [1, 2]
+    a[4, 0].should == nil
+    a.should == [1, 2]
+    a[6, 1].should == nil
+    a.should == [1, 2]
+    a[8...8].should == nil
+    a.should == [1, 2]
+    a[10..10].should == nil
+    a.should == [1, 2]
+  end
+
+  describe "with a subclass of Array" do
+    before :each do
+      ScratchPad.clear
+
+      @array = ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+    end
+
+    it "returns a Array instance with [n, m]" do
+      @array[0, 2].should.instance_of?(Array)
+    end
+
+    it "returns a Array instance with [-n, m]" do
+      @array[-3, 2].should.instance_of?(Array)
+    end
+
+    it "returns a Array instance with [n..m]" do
+      @array[1..3].should.instance_of?(Array)
+    end
+
+    it "returns a Array instance with [n...m]" do
+      @array[1...3].should.instance_of?(Array)
+    end
+
+    it "returns a Array instance with [-n..-m]" do
+      @array[-3..-1].should.instance_of?(Array)
+    end
+
+    it "returns a Array instance with [-n...-m]" do
+      @array[-3...-1].should.instance_of?(Array)
+    end
+
+    it "returns an empty array when m == n with [m...n]" do
+      @array[1...1].should == []
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == nil
+    end
+
+    it "returns an empty array with [0...0]" do
+      @array[0...0].should == []
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == nil
+    end
+
+    it "returns an empty array when m > n and m, n are positive with [m..n]" do
+      @array[3..2].should == []
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == nil
+    end
+
+    it "returns an empty array when m > n and m, n are negative with [m..n]" do
+      @array[-2..-3].should == []
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == nil
+    end
+
+    it "returns [] if index == array.size with [index, length]" do
+      @array[5, 2].should == []
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == nil
+    end
+
+    it "returns [] if the index is valid but length is zero with [index, length]" do
+      @array[0, 0].should == []
+      @array[2, 0].should == []
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == nil
+    end
+
+    it "does not call #initialize on the subclass instance" do
+      @array[0, 3].should == [1, 2, 3]
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "raises a RangeError when the start index is out of range of Fixnum" do
+    array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
+    obj = mock('large value')
+    obj.should_receive(:to_int).and_return(bignum_value)
+    -> { array[obj] }.should.raise(RangeError)
+
+    obj = 8e19
+    -> { array[obj] }.should.raise(RangeError)
+
+    # boundary value when longs are 64 bits
+    -> { array[2.0**63] }.should.raise(RangeError)
+
+    # just under the boundary value when longs are 64 bits
+    array[max_long.to_f.prev_float].should == nil
+  end
+
+  it "raises a RangeError when the length is out of range of Fixnum" do
+    array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
+    obj = mock('large value')
+    obj.should_receive(:to_int).and_return(bignum_value)
+    -> { array[1, obj] }.should.raise(RangeError)
+
+    obj = 8e19
+    -> { array[1, obj] }.should.raise(RangeError)
+  end
+
+  it "raises a type error if a range is passed with a length" do
+    ->{ [1, 2, 3][1..2, 1] }.should.raise(TypeError)
+  end
+
+  it "raises a RangeError if passed a range with a bound that is too large" do
+    array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
+    -> { array[bignum_value..(bignum_value + 1)] }.should.raise(RangeError)
+    -> { array[0..bignum_value] }.should.raise(RangeError)
+  end
+
+  it "can accept endless ranges" do
+    a = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+    a[eval("(2..)")].should == [2, 3, 4, 5]
+    a[eval("(2...)")].should == [2, 3, 4, 5]
+    a[eval("(-2..)")].should == [4, 5]
+    a[eval("(-2...)")].should == [4, 5]
+    a[eval("(9..)")].should == nil
+    a[eval("(9...)")].should == nil
+    a[eval("(-9..)")].should == nil
+    a[eval("(-9...)")].should == nil
+  end
+
+  describe "can be sliced with Enumerator::ArithmeticSequence" do
+    before :each do
+      @array = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+    end
+
+    it "has endless range and positive steps" do
+      @array[eval("(0..).step(1)")].should == [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+      @array[eval("(0..).step(2)")].should == [0, 2, 4]
+      @array[eval("(0..).step(10)")].should == [0]
+
+      @array[eval("(2..).step(1)")].should == [2, 3, 4, 5]
+      @array[eval("(2..).step(2)")].should == [2, 4]
+      @array[eval("(2..).step(10)")].should == [2]
+
+      @array[eval("(-3..).step(1)")].should == [3, 4, 5]
+      @array[eval("(-3..).step(2)")].should == [3, 5]
+      @array[eval("(-3..).step(10)")].should == [3]
+    end
+
+    it "has beginless range and positive steps" do
+      # end with zero index
+      @array[(..0).step(1)].should == [0]
+      @array[(...0).step(1)].should == []
+
+      @array[(..0).step(2)].should == [0]
+      @array[(...0).step(2)].should == []
+
+      @array[(..0).step(10)].should == [0]
+      @array[(...0).step(10)].should == []
+
+      # end with positive index
+      @array[(..3).step(1)].should == [0, 1, 2, 3]
+      @array[(...3).step(1)].should == [0, 1, 2]
+
+      @array[(..3).step(2)].should == [0, 2]
+      @array[(...3).step(2)].should == [0, 2]
+
+      @array[(..3).step(10)].should == [0]
+      @array[(...3).step(10)].should == [0]
+
+      # end with negative index
+      @array[(..-2).step(1)].should == [0, 1, 2, 3, 4,]
+      @array[(...-2).step(1)].should == [0, 1, 2, 3]
+
+      @array[(..-2).step(2)].should == [0, 2, 4]
+      @array[(...-2).step(2)].should == [0, 2]
+
+      @array[(..-2).step(10)].should == [0]
+      @array[(...-2).step(10)].should == [0]
+    end
+
+    it "has endless range and negative steps" do
+      @array[eval("(0..).step(-1)")].should == [0]
+      @array[eval("(0..).step(-2)")].should == [0]
+      @array[eval("(0..).step(-10)")].should == [0]
+
+      @array[eval("(2..).step(-1)")].should == [2, 1, 0]
+      @array[eval("(2..).step(-2)")].should == [2, 0]
+
+      @array[eval("(-3..).step(-1)")].should == [3, 2, 1, 0]
+      @array[eval("(-3..).step(-2)")].should == [3, 1]
+    end
+
+    it "has closed range and positive steps" do
+      # start and end with 0
+      @array[eval("(0..0).step(1)")].should == [0]
+      @array[eval("(0...0).step(1)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(0..0).step(2)")].should == [0]
+      @array[eval("(0...0).step(2)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(0..0).step(10)")].should == [0]
+      @array[eval("(0...0).step(10)")].should == []
+
+      # start and end with positive index
+      @array[eval("(1..3).step(1)")].should == [1, 2, 3]
+      @array[eval("(1...3).step(1)")].should == [1, 2]
+
+      @array[eval("(1..3).step(2)")].should == [1, 3]
+      @array[eval("(1...3).step(2)")].should == [1]
+
+      @array[eval("(1..3).step(10)")].should == [1]
+      @array[eval("(1...3).step(10)")].should == [1]
+
+      # start with positive index, end with negative index
+      @array[eval("(1..-2).step(1)")].should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+      @array[eval("(1...-2).step(1)")].should == [1, 2, 3]
+
+      @array[eval("(1..-2).step(2)")].should ==  [1, 3]
+      @array[eval("(1...-2).step(2)")].should ==  [1, 3]
+
+      @array[eval("(1..-2).step(10)")].should == [1]
+      @array[eval("(1...-2).step(10)")].should == [1]
+
+      # start with negative index, end with positive index
+      @array[eval("(-4..4).step(1)")].should == [2, 3, 4]
+      @array[eval("(-4...4).step(1)")].should == [2, 3]
+
+      @array[eval("(-4..4).step(2)")].should == [2, 4]
+      @array[eval("(-4...4).step(2)")].should == [2]
+
+      @array[eval("(-4..4).step(10)")].should == [2]
+      @array[eval("(-4...4).step(10)")].should == [2]
+
+      # start with negative index, end with negative index
+      @array[eval("(-4..-2).step(1)")].should == [2, 3, 4]
+      @array[eval("(-4...-2).step(1)")].should == [2, 3]
+
+      @array[eval("(-4..-2).step(2)")].should == [2, 4]
+      @array[eval("(-4...-2).step(2)")].should == [2]
+
+      @array[eval("(-4..-2).step(10)")].should == [2]
+      @array[eval("(-4...-2).step(10)")].should == [2]
+    end
+
+    it "has closed range and negative steps" do
+      # start and end with 0
+      @array[eval("(0..0).step(-1)")].should == [0]
+      @array[eval("(0...0).step(-1)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(0..0).step(-2)")].should == [0]
+      @array[eval("(0...0).step(-2)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(0..0).step(-10)")].should == [0]
+      @array[eval("(0...0).step(-10)")].should == []
+
+      # start and end with positive index
+      @array[eval("(1..3).step(-1)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(1...3).step(-1)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(1..3).step(-2)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(1...3).step(-2)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(1..3).step(-10)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(1...3).step(-10)")].should == []
+
+      # start with positive index, end with negative index
+      @array[eval("(1..-2).step(-1)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(1...-2).step(-1)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(1..-2).step(-2)")].should ==  []
+      @array[eval("(1...-2).step(-2)")].should ==  []
+
+      @array[eval("(1..-2).step(-10)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(1...-2).step(-10)")].should == []
+
+      # start with negative index, end with positive index
+      @array[eval("(-4..4).step(-1)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(-4...4).step(-1)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(-4..4).step(-2)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(-4...4).step(-2)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(-4..4).step(-10)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(-4...4).step(-10)")].should == []
+
+      # start with negative index, end with negative index
+      @array[eval("(-4..-2).step(-1)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(-4...-2).step(-1)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(-4..-2).step(-2)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(-4...-2).step(-2)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(-4..-2).step(-10)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(-4...-2).step(-10)")].should == []
+    end
+
+    it "has inverted closed range and positive steps" do
+      # start and end with positive index
+      @array[eval("(3..1).step(1)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(3...1).step(1)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(3..1).step(2)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(3...1).step(2)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(3..1).step(10)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(3...1).step(10)")].should == []
+
+      # start with negative index, end with positive index
+      @array[eval("(-2..1).step(1)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(-2...1).step(1)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(-2..1).step(2)")].should ==  []
+      @array[eval("(-2...1).step(2)")].should ==  []
+
+      @array[eval("(-2..1).step(10)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(-2...1).step(10)")].should == []
+
+      # start with positive index, end with negative index
+      @array[eval("(4..-4).step(1)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(4...-4).step(1)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(4..-4).step(2)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(4...-4).step(2)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(4..-4).step(10)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(4...-4).step(10)")].should == []
+
+      # start with negative index, end with negative index
+      @array[eval("(-2..-4).step(1)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(-2...-4).step(1)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(-2..-4).step(2)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(-2...-4).step(2)")].should == []
+
+      @array[eval("(-2..-4).step(10)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(-2...-4).step(10)")].should == []
+    end
+
+    it "has range with bounds outside of array" do
+      # end is equal to array's length
+      @array[(0..6).step(1)].should == [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+      -> { @array[(0..6).step(2)] }.should.raise(RangeError)
+
+      # end is greater than length with positive steps
+      @array[(1..6).step(2)].should == [1, 3, 5]
+      @array[(2..7).step(2)].should == [2, 4]
+      -> { @array[(2..8).step(2)] }.should.raise(RangeError)
+
+      # begin is greater than length with negative steps
+      @array[(6..1).step(-2)].should == [5, 3, 1]
+      @array[(7..2).step(-2)].should == [5, 3]
+      -> { @array[(8..2).step(-2)] }.should.raise(RangeError)
+    end
+
+    it "has endless range with start outside of array's bounds" do
+      @array[eval("(6..).step(1)")].should == []
+      @array[eval("(7..).step(1)")].should == nil
+
+      @array[eval("(6..).step(2)")].should == []
+      -> { @array[eval("(7..).step(2)")] }.should.raise(RangeError)
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "can accept beginless ranges" do
+    a = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+    a[(..3)].should == [0, 1, 2, 3]
+    a[(...3)].should == [0, 1, 2]
+    a[(..-3)].should == [0, 1, 2, 3]
+    a[(...-3)].should == [0, 1, 2]
+    a[(..0)].should == [0]
+    a[(...0)].should == []
+    a[(..9)].should == [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+    a[(...9)].should == [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+    a[(..-9)].should == []
+    a[(...-9)].should == []
+  end
+
+  describe "can be sliced with Enumerator::ArithmeticSequence" do
+    it "with infinite/inverted ranges and negative steps" do
+      array = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+      array[(2..).step(-1)].should == [2, 1, 0]
+      array[(2..).step(-2)].should == [2, 0]
+      array[(2..).step(-3)].should == [2]
+      array[(2..).step(-4)].should == [2]
+
+      array[(-3..).step(-1)].should == [3, 2, 1, 0]
+      array[(-3..).step(-2)].should == [3, 1]
+      array[(-3..).step(-3)].should == [3, 0]
+      array[(-3..).step(-4)].should == [3]
+      array[(-3..).step(-5)].should == [3]
+
+      array[(..0).step(-1)].should == [5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]
+      array[(..0).step(-2)].should == [5, 3, 1]
+      array[(..0).step(-3)].should == [5, 2]
+      array[(..0).step(-4)].should == [5, 1]
+      array[(..0).step(-5)].should == [5, 0]
+      array[(..0).step(-6)].should == [5]
+      array[(..0).step(-7)].should == [5]
+
+      array[(...0).step(-1)].should == [5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
+      array[(...0).step(-2)].should == [5, 3, 1]
+      array[(...0).step(-3)].should == [5, 2]
+      array[(...0).step(-4)].should == [5, 1]
+      array[(...0).step(-5)].should == [5]
+      array[(...0).step(-6)].should == [5]
+
+      array[(...1).step(-1)].should == [5, 4, 3, 2]
+      array[(...1).step(-2)].should == [5, 3]
+      array[(...1).step(-3)].should == [5, 2]
+      array[(...1).step(-4)].should == [5]
+      array[(...1).step(-5)].should == [5]
+
+      array[(..-5).step(-1)].should == [5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
+      array[(..-5).step(-2)].should == [5, 3, 1]
+      array[(..-5).step(-3)].should == [5, 2]
+      array[(..-5).step(-4)].should == [5, 1]
+      array[(..-5).step(-5)].should == [5]
+      array[(..-5).step(-6)].should == [5]
+
+      array[(...-5).step(-1)].should == [5, 4, 3, 2]
+      array[(...-5).step(-2)].should == [5, 3]
+      array[(...-5).step(-3)].should == [5, 2]
+      array[(...-5).step(-4)].should == [5]
+      array[(...-5).step(-5)].should == [5]
+
+      array[(4..1).step(-1)].should == [4, 3, 2, 1]
+      array[(4..1).step(-2)].should == [4, 2]
+      array[(4..1).step(-3)].should == [4, 1]
+      array[(4..1).step(-4)].should == [4]
+      array[(4..1).step(-5)].should == [4]
+
+      array[(4...1).step(-1)].should == [4, 3, 2]
+      array[(4...1).step(-2)].should == [4, 2]
+      array[(4...1).step(-3)].should == [4]
+      array[(4...1).step(-4)].should == [4]
+
+      array[(-2..1).step(-1)].should == [4, 3, 2, 1]
+      array[(-2..1).step(-2)].should == [4, 2]
+      array[(-2..1).step(-3)].should == [4, 1]
+      array[(-2..1).step(-4)].should == [4]
+      array[(-2..1).step(-5)].should == [4]
+
+      array[(-2...1).step(-1)].should == [4, 3, 2]
+      array[(-2...1).step(-2)].should == [4, 2]
+      array[(-2...1).step(-3)].should == [4]
+      array[(-2...1).step(-4)].should == [4]
+
+      array[(4..-5).step(-1)].should == [4, 3, 2, 1]
+      array[(4..-5).step(-2)].should == [4, 2]
+      array[(4..-5).step(-3)].should == [4, 1]
+      array[(4..-5).step(-4)].should == [4]
+      array[(4..-5).step(-5)].should == [4]
+
+      array[(4...-5).step(-1)].should == [4, 3, 2]
+      array[(4...-5).step(-2)].should == [4, 2]
+      array[(4...-5).step(-3)].should == [4]
+      array[(4...-5).step(-4)].should == [4]
+
+      array[(-2..-5).step(-1)].should == [4, 3, 2, 1]
+      array[(-2..-5).step(-2)].should == [4, 2]
+      array[(-2..-5).step(-3)].should == [4, 1]
+      array[(-2..-5).step(-4)].should == [4]
+      array[(-2..-5).step(-5)].should == [4]
+
+      array[(-2...-5).step(-1)].should == [4, 3, 2]
+      array[(-2...-5).step(-2)].should == [4, 2]
+      array[(-2...-5).step(-3)].should == [4]
+      array[(-2...-5).step(-4)].should == [4]
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "can accept nil...nil ranges" do
+    a = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+    a[eval("(nil...nil)")].should == a
+    a[(...nil)].should == a
+    a[eval("(nil..)")].should == a
+  end
 end
 
 describe "Array.[]" do
@@ -39,12 +892,12 @@ describe "Array.[]" do
     end
 
     it "returns an instance of the subclass" do
-      ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].should be_an_instance_of(ArraySpecs::MyArray)
+      ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].should.instance_of?(ArraySpecs::MyArray)
     end
 
     it "does not call #initialize on the subclass instance" do
       ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].should == [1, 2, 3]
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should be_nil
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == nil
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/element_set_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/element_set_spec.rb
index df5ca9582e..671e4338de 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/element_set_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/element_set_spec.rb
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ describe "Array#[]=" do
 
   it "checks frozen before attempting to coerce arguments" do
     a = [1,2,3,4].freeze
-    -> {a[:foo] = 1}.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-    -> {a[:foo, :bar] = 1}.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> {a[:foo] = 1}.should.raise(FrozenError)
+    -> {a[:foo, :bar] = 1}.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "sets elements in the range arguments when passed ranges" do
@@ -197,25 +197,25 @@ describe "Array#[]=" do
 
     a[to .. from] = ["x"]
     a.should == [1, "a", "b", "x", "c", 4]
-    -> { a["a" .. "b"] = []  }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-    -> { a[from .. "b"] = [] }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { a["a" .. "b"] = []  }.should.raise(TypeError)
+    -> { a[from .. "b"] = [] }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises an IndexError when passed indexes out of bounds" do
     a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    -> { a[-5] = ""      }.should raise_error(IndexError)
-    -> { a[-5, -1] = ""  }.should raise_error(IndexError)
-    -> { a[-5, 0] = ""   }.should raise_error(IndexError)
-    -> { a[-5, 1] = ""   }.should raise_error(IndexError)
-    -> { a[-5, 2] = ""   }.should raise_error(IndexError)
-    -> { a[-5, 10] = ""  }.should raise_error(IndexError)
-
-    -> { a[-5..-5] = ""  }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-    -> { a[-5...-5] = "" }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-    -> { a[-5..-4] = ""  }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-    -> { a[-5...-4] = "" }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-    -> { a[-5..10] = ""  }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-    -> { a[-5...10] = "" }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+    -> { a[-5] = ""      }.should.raise(IndexError)
+    -> { a[-5, -1] = ""  }.should.raise(IndexError)
+    -> { a[-5, 0] = ""   }.should.raise(IndexError)
+    -> { a[-5, 1] = ""   }.should.raise(IndexError)
+    -> { a[-5, 2] = ""   }.should.raise(IndexError)
+    -> { a[-5, 10] = ""  }.should.raise(IndexError)
+
+    -> { a[-5..-5] = ""  }.should.raise(RangeError)
+    -> { a[-5...-5] = "" }.should.raise(RangeError)
+    -> { a[-5..-4] = ""  }.should.raise(RangeError)
+    -> { a[-5...-4] = "" }.should.raise(RangeError)
+    -> { a[-5..10] = ""  }.should.raise(RangeError)
+    -> { a[-5...10] = "" }.should.raise(RangeError)
 
     # ok
     a[0..-9] = [1]
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ describe "Array#[]=" do
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array[0, 0] = [] }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array[0, 0] = [] }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 end
 
@@ -349,12 +349,12 @@ describe "Array#[]= with [index, count]" do
 
   it "raises an IndexError when passed start and negative length" do
     a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    -> { a[-2, -1] = "" }.should raise_error(IndexError)
-    -> { a[0, -1] = ""  }.should raise_error(IndexError)
-    -> { a[2, -1] = ""  }.should raise_error(IndexError)
-    -> { a[4, -1] = ""  }.should raise_error(IndexError)
-    -> { a[10, -1] = "" }.should raise_error(IndexError)
-    -> { [1, 2, 3, 4,  5][2, -1] = [7, 8] }.should raise_error(IndexError)
+    -> { a[-2, -1] = "" }.should.raise(IndexError)
+    -> { a[0, -1] = ""  }.should.raise(IndexError)
+    -> { a[2, -1] = ""  }.should.raise(IndexError)
+    -> { a[4, -1] = ""  }.should.raise(IndexError)
+    -> { a[10, -1] = "" }.should.raise(IndexError)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3, 4,  5][2, -1] = [7, 8] }.should.raise(IndexError)
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/eql_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/eql_spec.rb
index 8565b94c60..9a7447c2e8 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/eql_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/eql_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe "Array#eql?" do
   it_behaves_like :array_eql, :eql?
 
   it "returns false if any corresponding elements are not #eql?" do
-    [1, 2, 3, 4].should_not eql([1, 2, 3, 4.0])
+    [1, 2, 3, 4].should_not.eql?([1, 2, 3, 4.0])
   end
 
   it "returns false if other is not a kind of Array" do
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ describe "Array#eql?" do
     obj.should_not_receive(:to_ary)
     obj.should_not_receive(:eql?)
 
-    [1, 2, 3].should_not eql(obj)
+    [1, 2, 3].should_not.eql?(obj)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/equal_value_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/equal_value_spec.rb
index a82e07b218..4f7c0ce5e3 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/equal_value_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/equal_value_spec.rb
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ describe "Array#==" do
     obj.should_receive(:respond_to?).at_least(1).with(:to_ary).and_return(true)
     obj.should_receive(:==).with([1]).at_least(1).and_return(true)
 
-    ([1] == obj).should be_true
-    ([[1]] == [obj]).should be_true
-    ([[[1], 3], 2] == [[obj, 3], 2]).should be_true
+    ([1] == obj).should == true
+    ([[1]] == [obj]).should == true
+    ([[[1], 3], 2] == [[obj, 3], 2]).should == true
 
     # recursive arrays
     arr1 = [[1]]
     arr1 << arr1
     arr2 = [obj]
     arr2 << arr2
-    (arr1 == arr2).should be_true
-    (arr2 == arr1).should be_true
+    (arr1 == arr2).should == true
+    (arr2 == arr1).should == true
   end
 
   it "returns false if any corresponding elements are not #==" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/fetch_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/fetch_spec.rb
index b81c0b48d7..ee94cfcbb2 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/fetch_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/fetch_spec.rb
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ describe "Array#fetch" do
   end
 
   it "raises an IndexError if there is no element at index" do
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].fetch(3) }.should raise_error(IndexError)
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].fetch(-4) }.should raise_error(IndexError)
-    -> { [].fetch(0) }.should raise_error(IndexError)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].fetch(3) }.should.raise(IndexError, "index 3 outside of array bounds: -3...3")
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].fetch(-4) }.should.raise(IndexError, "index -4 outside of array bounds: -3...3")
+    -> { [].fetch(0) }.should.raise(IndexError, "index 0 outside of array bounds: 0...0")
   end
 
   it "returns default if there is no element at index if passed a default value" do
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe "Array#fetch" do
     o = mock('5')
     def o.to_int(); 5; end
 
-    [1, 2, 3].fetch(o) { |i| i }.should equal(o)
+    [1, 2, 3].fetch(o) { |i| i }.should.equal?(o)
   end
 
   it "gives precedence to the default block over the default argument" do
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ describe "Array#fetch" do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when the passed argument can't be coerced to Integer" do
-    -> { [].fetch("cat") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [].fetch("cat") }.should.raise(TypeError, "no implicit conversion of String into Integer")
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/fetch_values_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/fetch_values_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..237d6ad7f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/fetch_values_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+require_relative '../../spec_helper'
+require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
+
+describe "Array#fetch_values" do
+  before :each do
+    @array = [:a, :b, :c]
+  end
+
+  ruby_version_is "3.4" do
+    describe "with matched indexes" do
+      it "returns the values for indexes" do
+        @array.fetch_values(0).should == [:a]
+        @array.fetch_values(0, 2).should == [:a, :c]
+        @array.fetch_values(-1).should == [:c]
+      end
+
+      it "returns the values for indexes ordered in the order of the requested indexes" do
+        @array.fetch_values(2, 0).should == [:c, :a]
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "with unmatched indexes" do
+      it "raises a index error if no block is provided" do
+        -> { @array.fetch_values(0, 1, 44) }.should.raise(IndexError, "index 44 outside of array bounds: -3...3")
+      end
+
+      it "returns the default value from block" do
+        @array.fetch_values(44) { |index| "`#{index}' is not found" }.should == ["`44' is not found"]
+        @array.fetch_values(0, 44) { |index| "`#{index}' is not found" }.should == [:a, "`44' is not found"]
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "without keys" do
+      it "returns an empty Array" do
+        @array.fetch_values.should == []
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "tries to convert the passed argument to an Integer using #to_int" do
+      obj = mock('to_int')
+      obj.should_receive(:to_int).and_return(2)
+      @array.fetch_values(obj).should == [:c]
+    end
+
+    it "does not support a Range object as argument" do
+      -> {
+        @array.fetch_values(1..2)
+      }.should.raise(TypeError, "no implicit conversion of Range into Integer")
+    end
+
+    it "raises a TypeError when the passed argument can't be coerced to Integer" do
+      -> { [].fetch_values("cat") }.should.raise(TypeError, "no implicit conversion of String into Integer")
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/fill_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/fill_spec.rb
index 02360e550d..e4d51bd998 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/fill_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/fill_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe "Array#fill" do
 
   it "returns self" do
     ary = [1, 2, 3]
-    ary.fill(:a).should equal(ary)
+    ary.fill(:a).should.equal?(ary)
   end
 
   it "is destructive" do
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ describe "Array#fill" do
 
   it "does not replicate the filler" do
     ary = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    str = "x"
+    str = +"x"
     ary.fill(str).should == [str, str, str, str]
     str << "y"
     ary.should == [str, str, str, str]
-    ary[0].should equal(str)
-    ary[1].should equal(str)
-    ary[2].should equal(str)
-    ary[3].should equal(str)
+    ary[0].should.equal?(str)
+    ary[1].should.equal?(str)
+    ary[2].should.equal?(str)
+    ary[3].should.equal?(str)
   end
 
   it "replaces all elements in the array with the filler if not given a index nor a length" do
@@ -44,29 +44,29 @@ describe "Array#fill" do
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.fill('x') }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.fill('x') }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on an empty frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.fill('x') }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.fill('x') }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError if 4 or more arguments are passed when no block given" do
     [].fill('a').should == []
     [].fill('a', 1).should == []
     [].fill('a', 1, 2).should == [nil, 'a', 'a']
-    -> { [].fill('a', 1, 2, true) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [].fill('a', 1, 2, true) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError if no argument passed and no block given" do
-    -> { [].fill }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [].fill }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError if 3 or more arguments are passed when a block given" do
     [].fill() {|i|}.should == []
     [].fill(1) {|i|}.should == []
     [].fill(1, 2) {|i|}.should == [nil, nil, nil]
-    -> { [].fill(1, 2, true) {|i|} }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [].fill(1, 2, true) {|i|} }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "does not truncate the array is the block raises an exception" do
@@ -237,24 +237,24 @@ describe "Array#fill with (filler, index, length)" do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if the index is not numeric" do
-    -> { [].fill 'a', true }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [].fill 'a', true }.should.raise(TypeError)
 
     obj = mock('nonnumeric')
-    -> { [].fill('a', obj) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [].fill('a', obj) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when the length is not numeric" do
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill("x", 1, "foo") }.should raise_error(TypeError, /no implicit conversion of String into Integer/)
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill("x", 1, :"foo") }.should raise_error(TypeError, /no implicit conversion of Symbol into Integer/)
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill("x", 1, Object.new) }.should raise_error(TypeError, /no implicit conversion of Object into Integer/)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill("x", 1, "foo") }.should.raise(TypeError, /no implicit conversion of String into Integer/)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill("x", 1, :"foo") }.should.raise(TypeError, /no implicit conversion of Symbol into Integer/)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill("x", 1, Object.new) }.should.raise(TypeError, /no implicit conversion of Object into Integer/)
   end
 
   not_supported_on :opal do
     it "raises an ArgumentError or RangeError for too-large sizes" do
       error_types = [RangeError, ArgumentError]
       arr = [1, 2, 3]
-      -> { arr.fill(10, 1, fixnum_max) }.should raise_error { |err| error_types.should include(err.class) }
-      -> { arr.fill(10, 1, bignum_value) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+      -> { arr.fill(10, 1, fixnum_max) }.should.raise { |err| error_types.should.include?(err.class) }
+      -> { arr.fill(10, 1, bignum_value) }.should.raise(RangeError)
     end
   end
 end
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ describe "Array#fill with (filler, range)" do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError with range and length argument" do
-    -> { [].fill('x', 0 .. 2, 5) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [].fill('x', 0 .. 2, 5) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "replaces elements between the (-m)th to the last and the (n+1)th from the first if given an range m..n where m < 0 and n >= 0" do
@@ -336,13 +336,13 @@ describe "Array#fill with (filler, range)" do
   end
 
   it "raises an exception if some of the given range lies before the first of the array" do
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill('x', -5..-3) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill('x', -5...-3) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill('x', -5..-4) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill('x', -5..-3) }.should.raise(RangeError)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill('x', -5...-3) }.should.raise(RangeError)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill('x', -5..-4) }.should.raise(RangeError)
 
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill(-5..-3, &@never_passed) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill(-5...-3, &@never_passed) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill(-5..-4, &@never_passed) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill(-5..-3, &@never_passed) }.should.raise(RangeError)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill(-5...-3, &@never_passed) }.should.raise(RangeError)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].fill(-5..-4, &@never_passed) }.should.raise(RangeError)
   end
 
   it "tries to convert the start and end of the passed range to Integers using #to_int" do
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ describe "Array#fill with (filler, range)" do
   it "raises a TypeError if the start or end of the passed range is not numeric" do
     obj = mock('nonnumeric')
     def obj.<=>(rhs); rhs == self ? 0 : nil end
-    -> { [].fill('a', obj..obj) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [].fill('a', obj..obj) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "works with endless ranges" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/filter_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/filter_spec.rb
index 156ad14f9c..6ebda61069 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/filter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/filter_spec.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'shared/select'
 
 describe "Array#filter" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_select, :filter
+  it "is an alias of Array#select" do
+    Array.instance_method(:filter).should == Array.instance_method(:select)
+  end
 end
 
 describe "Array#filter!" do
-  it "returns nil if no changes were made in the array" do
-    [1, 2, 3].filter! { true }.should be_nil
+  it "is an alias of Array#select!" do
+    Array.instance_method(:filter!).should == Array.instance_method(:select!)
   end
-
-  it_behaves_like :keep_if, :filter!
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/find_index_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/find_index_spec.rb
index 759472024a..17ff6c04a7 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/find_index_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/find_index_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,42 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'shared/index'
+require_relative 'shared/iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing'
 
 describe "Array#find_index" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_index, :find_index
+  it "returns the index of the first element == to object" do
+    x = mock('3')
+    def x.==(obj) 3 == obj; end
+
+    [2, x, 3, 1, 3, 1].find_index(3).should == 1
+    [2, 3.0, 3, x, 1, 3, 1].find_index(x).should == 1
+  end
+
+  it "returns 0 if first element == to object" do
+    [2, 1, 3, 2, 5].find_index(2).should == 0
+  end
+
+  it "returns size-1 if only last element == to object" do
+    [2, 1, 3, 1, 5].find_index(5).should == 4
+  end
+
+  it "returns nil if no element == to object" do
+    [2, 1, 1, 1, 1].find_index(3).should == nil
+  end
+
+  it "accepts a block instead of an argument" do
+    [4, 2, 1, 5, 1, 3].find_index {|x| x < 2}.should == 2
+  end
+
+  it "ignores the block if there is an argument" do
+    -> {
+      [4, 2, 1, 5, 1, 3].find_index(5) {|x| x < 2}.should == 3
+    }.should complain(/given block not used/)
+  end
+
+  describe "given no argument and no block" do
+    it "produces an Enumerator" do
+      [].find_index.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
+    end
+  end
+
+  it_behaves_like :array_iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing, :find_index
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/first_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/first_spec.rb
index 66eeba6565..2c343ac8f6 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/first_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/first_spec.rb
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ describe "Array#first" do
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError when count is negative" do
-    -> { [1, 2].first(-1) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [1, 2].first(-1) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "raises a RangeError when count is a Bignum" do
-    -> { [].first(bignum_value) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+    -> { [].first(bignum_value) }.should.raise(RangeError)
   end
 
   it "returns the entire array when count > length" do
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ describe "Array#first" do
 
   it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
     empty = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
-    empty.first.should equal(empty)
+    empty.first.should.equal?(empty)
 
     ary = ArraySpecs.head_recursive_array
-    ary.first.should equal(ary)
+    ary.first.should.equal?(ary)
   end
 
   it "tries to convert the passed argument to an Integer using #to_int" do
@@ -66,19 +66,19 @@ describe "Array#first" do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if the passed argument is not numeric" do
-    -> { [1,2].first(nil) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-    -> { [1,2].first("a") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [1,2].first(nil) }.should.raise(TypeError)
+    -> { [1,2].first("a") }.should.raise(TypeError)
 
     obj = mock("nonnumeric")
-    -> { [1,2].first(obj) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [1,2].first(obj) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instance when passed count on Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[].first(0).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[].first(2).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].first(0).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].first(1).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].first(2).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[].first(0).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[].first(2).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].first(0).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].first(1).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].first(2).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "is not destructive" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/fixtures/classes.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/fixtures/classes.rb
index 8596245fb8..05283c0f74 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/fixtures/classes.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/fixtures/classes.rb
@@ -56,23 +56,20 @@ module ArraySpecs
     101.621, 102.816, 104.010, 105.202, 106.393, 107.583, 108.771, 109.958, 111.144, 112.329,
     113.512, 114.695, 115.876, 117.057, 118.236, 119.414, 120.591, 121.767, 122.942, 124.116,
     125.289, 126.462, 127.633, 128.803, 129.973, 131.141, 132.309, 133.476, 134.642, 135.807,
-      ]
+  ]
 
   def self.measure_sample_fairness(size, samples, iters)
     ary = Array.new(size) { |x| x }
+    expected = iters.fdiv size
     (samples).times do |i|
       chi_results = []
       3.times do
-        counts = Array.new(size) { 0 }
-        expected = iters / size
+        counts = Array.new(size, 0)
         iters.times do
           x = ary.sample(samples)[i]
           counts[x] += 1
         end
-        chi_squared = 0.0
-        counts.each do |count|
-          chi_squared += (((count - expected) ** 2) * 1.0 / expected)
-        end
+        chi_squared = counts.sum {|count| (count - expected) ** 2} / expected
         chi_results << chi_squared
         break if chi_squared <= CHI_SQUARED_CRITICAL_VALUES[size]
       end
@@ -83,17 +80,14 @@ module ArraySpecs
 
   def self.measure_sample_fairness_large_sample_size(size, samples, iters)
     ary = Array.new(size) { |x| x }
-    counts = Array.new(size) { 0 }
-    expected = iters * samples / size
+    counts = Array.new(size, 0)
+    expected = (iters * samples).fdiv size
     iters.times do
       ary.sample(samples).each do |sample|
         counts[sample] += 1
       end
     end
-    chi_squared = 0.0
-    counts.each do |count|
-      chi_squared += (((count - expected) ** 2) * 1.0 / expected)
-    end
+    chi_squared = counts.sum {|count| (count - expected) ** 2} / expected
 
     # Chi squared critical values for tests with 4 degrees of freedom
     # Values obtained from NIST Engineering Statistic Handbook at
@@ -223,366 +217,370 @@ module ArraySpecs
     obj
   end
 
-  LargeArray = ["test_create_table_with_force_true_does_not_drop_nonexisting_table",
- "test_add_table",
- "assert_difference",
- "assert_operator",
- "instance_variables",
- "class",
- "instance_variable_get",
- "__class__",
- "expects",
- "assert_no_difference",
- "name",
- "assert_blank",
- "assert_not_same",
- "is_a?",
- "test_add_table_with_decimals",
- "test_create_table_with_timestamps_should_create_datetime_columns",
- "assert_present",
- "assert_no_match",
- "__instance_of__",
- "assert_deprecated",
- "assert",
- "assert_throws",
- "kind_of?",
- "try",
- "__instance_variable_get__",
- "object_id",
- "timeout",
- "instance_variable_set",
- "assert_nothing_thrown",
- "__instance_variable_set__",
- "copy_object",
- "test_create_table_with_timestamps_should_create_datetime_columns_with_options",
- "assert_not_deprecated",
- "assert_in_delta",
- "id",
- "copy_metaclass",
- "test_create_table_without_a_block",
- "dup",
- "assert_not_nil",
- "send",
- "__instance_variables__",
- "to_sql",
- "mock",
- "assert_send",
- "instance_variable_defined?",
- "clone",
- "require",
- "test_migrator",
- "__instance_variable_defined_eh__",
- "frozen?",
- "test_add_column_not_null_with_default",
- "freeze",
- "test_migrator_one_up",
- "test_migrator_one_down",
- "singleton_methods",
- "method_exists?",
- "create_fixtures",
- "test_migrator_one_up_one_down",
- "test_native_decimal_insert_manual_vs_automatic",
- "instance_exec",
- "__is_a__",
- "test_migrator_double_up",
- "stub",
- "private_methods",
- "stubs",
- "test_migrator_double_down",
- "fixture_path",
- "private_singleton_methods",
- "stub_everything",
- "test_migrator_one_up_with_exception_and_rollback",
- "sequence",
- "protected_methods",
- "enum_for",
- "test_finds_migrations",
- "run_before_mocha",
- "states",
- "protected_singleton_methods",
- "to_json",
- "instance_values",
- "==",
- "mocha_setup",
- "public_methods",
- "test_finds_pending_migrations",
- "mocha_verify",
- "assert_kind_of",
- "===",
- "=~",
- "test_relative_migrations",
- "mocha_teardown",
- "gem",
- "mocha",
- "test_only_loads_pending_migrations",
- "test_add_column_with_precision_and_scale",
- "require_or_load",
- "eql?",
- "require_dependency",
- "test_native_types",
- "test_target_version_zero_should_run_only_once",
- "extend",
- "to_matcher",
- "unloadable",
- "require_association",
- "hash",
- "__id__",
- "load_dependency",
- "equals",
- "test_migrator_db_has_no_schema_migrations_table",
- "test_migrator_verbosity",
- "kind_of",
- "to_yaml",
- "to_bool",
- "test_migrator_verbosity_off",
- "taint",
- "test_migrator_going_down_due_to_version_target",
- "tainted?",
- "mocha_inspect",
- "test_migrator_rollback",
- "vim",
- "untaint",
- "taguri=",
- "test_migrator_forward",
- "test_schema_migrations_table_name",
- "test_proper_table_name",
- "all_of",
- "test_add_drop_table_with_prefix_and_suffix",
- "_setup_callbacks",
- "setup",
- "Not",
- "test_create_table_with_binary_column",
- "assert_not_equal",
- "enable_warnings",
- "acts_like?",
- "Rational",
- "_removed_setup_callbacks",
- "Table",
- "bind",
- "any_of",
- "__method__",
- "test_migrator_with_duplicates",
- "_teardown_callbacks",
- "method",
- "test_migrator_with_duplicate_names",
- "_removed_teardown_callbacks",
- "any_parameters",
- "test_migrator_with_missing_version_numbers",
- "test_add_remove_single_field_using_string_arguments",
- "test_create_table_with_custom_sequence_name",
- "test_add_remove_single_field_using_symbol_arguments",
- "_one_time_conditions_valid_14?",
- "_one_time_conditions_valid_16?",
- "run_callbacks",
- "anything",
- "silence_warnings",
- "instance_variable_names",
- "_fixture_path",
- "copy_instance_variables_from",
- "fixture_path?",
- "has_entry",
- "__marshal__",
- "_fixture_table_names",
- "__kind_of__",
- "fixture_table_names?",
- "test_add_rename",
- "assert_equal",
- "_fixture_class_names",
- "fixture_class_names?",
- "has_entries",
- "_use_transactional_fixtures",
- "people",
- "test_rename_column_using_symbol_arguments",
- "use_transactional_fixtures?",
- "instance_eval",
- "blank?",
- "with_warnings",
- "__nil__",
- "load",
- "metaclass",
- "_use_instantiated_fixtures",
- "has_key",
- "class_eval",
- "present?",
- "test_rename_column",
- "teardown",
- "use_instantiated_fixtures?",
- "method_name",
- "silence_stderr",
- "presence",
- "test_rename_column_preserves_default_value_not_null",
- "silence_stream",
- "_pre_loaded_fixtures",
- "__metaclass__",
- "__fixnum__",
- "pre_loaded_fixtures?",
- "has_value",
- "suppress",
- "to_yaml_properties",
- "test_rename_nonexistent_column",
- "test_add_index",
- "includes",
- "find_correlate_in",
- "equality_predicate_sql",
- "assert_nothing_raised",
- "let",
- "not_predicate_sql",
- "test_rename_column_with_sql_reserved_word",
- "singleton_class",
- "test_rename_column_with_an_index",
- "display",
- "taguri",
- "to_yaml_style",
- "test_remove_column_with_index",
- "size",
- "current_adapter?",
- "test_remove_column_with_multi_column_index",
- "respond_to?",
- "test_change_type_of_not_null_column",
- "is_a",
- "to_a",
- "test_rename_table_for_sqlite_should_work_with_reserved_words",
- "require_library_or_gem",
- "setup_fixtures",
- "equal?",
- "teardown_fixtures",
- "nil?",
- "fixture_table_names",
- "fixture_class_names",
- "test_create_table_without_id",
- "use_transactional_fixtures",
- "test_add_column_with_primary_key_attribute",
- "repair_validations",
- "use_instantiated_fixtures",
- "instance_of?",
- "test_create_table_adds_id",
- "test_rename_table",
- "pre_loaded_fixtures",
- "to_enum",
- "test_create_table_with_not_null_column",
- "instance_of",
- "test_change_column_nullability",
- "optionally",
- "test_rename_table_with_an_index",
- "run",
- "test_change_column",
- "default_test",
- "assert_raise",
- "test_create_table_with_defaults",
- "assert_nil",
- "flunk",
- "regexp_matches",
- "duplicable?",
- "reset_mocha",
- "stubba_method",
- "filter_backtrace",
- "test_create_table_with_limits",
- "responds_with",
- "stubba_object",
- "test_change_column_with_nil_default",
- "assert_block",
- "__show__",
- "assert_date_from_db",
- "__respond_to_eh__",
- "run_in_transaction?",
- "inspect",
- "assert_sql",
- "test_change_column_with_new_default",
- "yaml_equivalent",
- "build_message",
- "to_s",
- "test_change_column_default",
- "assert_queries",
- "pending",
- "as_json",
- "assert_no_queries",
- "test_change_column_quotes_column_names",
- "assert_match",
- "test_keeping_default_and_notnull_constraint_on_change",
- "methods",
- "connection_allow_concurrency_setup",
- "connection_allow_concurrency_teardown",
- "test_create_table_with_primary_key_prefix_as_table_name_with_underscore",
- "__send__",
- "make_connection",
- "assert_raises",
- "tap",
- "with_kcode",
- "assert_instance_of",
- "test_create_table_with_primary_key_prefix_as_table_name",
- "assert_respond_to",
- "test_change_column_default_to_null",
- "assert_same",
- "__extend__"]
-
-  LargeTestArraySorted = ["test_add_column_not_null_with_default",
- "test_add_column_with_precision_and_scale",
- "test_add_column_with_primary_key_attribute",
- "test_add_drop_table_with_prefix_and_suffix",
- "test_add_index",
- "test_add_remove_single_field_using_string_arguments",
- "test_add_remove_single_field_using_symbol_arguments",
- "test_add_rename",
- "test_add_table",
- "test_add_table_with_decimals",
- "test_change_column",
- "test_change_column_default",
- "test_change_column_default_to_null",
- "test_change_column_nullability",
- "test_change_column_quotes_column_names",
- "test_change_column_with_new_default",
- "test_change_column_with_nil_default",
- "test_change_type_of_not_null_column",
- "test_create_table_adds_id",
- "test_create_table_with_binary_column",
- "test_create_table_with_custom_sequence_name",
- "test_create_table_with_defaults",
- "test_create_table_with_force_true_does_not_drop_nonexisting_table",
- "test_create_table_with_limits",
- "test_create_table_with_not_null_column",
- "test_create_table_with_primary_key_prefix_as_table_name",
- "test_create_table_with_primary_key_prefix_as_table_name_with_underscore",
- "test_create_table_with_timestamps_should_create_datetime_columns",
- "test_create_table_with_timestamps_should_create_datetime_columns_with_options",
- "test_create_table_without_a_block",
- "test_create_table_without_id",
- "test_finds_migrations",
- "test_finds_pending_migrations",
- "test_keeping_default_and_notnull_constraint_on_change",
- "test_migrator",
- "test_migrator_db_has_no_schema_migrations_table",
- "test_migrator_double_down",
- "test_migrator_double_up",
- "test_migrator_forward",
- "test_migrator_going_down_due_to_version_target",
- "test_migrator_one_down",
- "test_migrator_one_up",
- "test_migrator_one_up_one_down",
- "test_migrator_one_up_with_exception_and_rollback",
- "test_migrator_rollback",
- "test_migrator_verbosity",
- "test_migrator_verbosity_off",
- "test_migrator_with_duplicate_names",
- "test_migrator_with_duplicates",
- "test_migrator_with_missing_version_numbers",
- "test_native_decimal_insert_manual_vs_automatic",
- "test_native_types",
- "test_only_loads_pending_migrations",
- "test_proper_table_name",
- "test_relative_migrations",
- "test_remove_column_with_index",
- "test_remove_column_with_multi_column_index",
- "test_rename_column",
- "test_rename_column_preserves_default_value_not_null",
- "test_rename_column_using_symbol_arguments",
- "test_rename_column_with_an_index",
- "test_rename_column_with_sql_reserved_word",
- "test_rename_nonexistent_column",
- "test_rename_table",
- "test_rename_table_for_sqlite_should_work_with_reserved_words",
- "test_rename_table_with_an_index",
- "test_schema_migrations_table_name",
- "test_target_version_zero_should_run_only_once"]
+  LargeArray = [
+    "test_create_table_with_force_true_does_not_drop_nonexisting_table",
+    "test_add_table",
+    "assert_difference",
+    "assert_operator",
+    "instance_variables",
+    "class",
+    "instance_variable_get",
+    "__class__",
+    "expects",
+    "assert_no_difference",
+    "name",
+    "assert_blank",
+    "assert_not_same",
+    "is_a?",
+    "test_add_table_with_decimals",
+    "test_create_table_with_timestamps_should_create_datetime_columns",
+    "assert_present",
+    "assert_no_match",
+    "__instance_of__",
+    "assert_deprecated",
+    "assert",
+    "assert_throws",
+    "kind_of?",
+    "try",
+    "__instance_variable_get__",
+    "object_id",
+    "timeout",
+    "instance_variable_set",
+    "assert_nothing_thrown",
+    "__instance_variable_set__",
+    "copy_object",
+    "test_create_table_with_timestamps_should_create_datetime_columns_with_options",
+    "assert_not_deprecated",
+    "assert_in_delta",
+    "id",
+    "copy_metaclass",
+    "test_create_table_without_a_block",
+    "dup",
+    "assert_not_nil",
+    "send",
+    "__instance_variables__",
+    "to_sql",
+    "mock",
+    "assert_send",
+    "instance_variable_defined?",
+    "clone",
+    "require",
+    "test_migrator",
+    "__instance_variable_defined_eh__",
+    "frozen?",
+    "test_add_column_not_null_with_default",
+    "freeze",
+    "test_migrator_one_up",
+    "test_migrator_one_down",
+    "singleton_methods",
+    "method_exists?",
+    "create_fixtures",
+    "test_migrator_one_up_one_down",
+    "test_native_decimal_insert_manual_vs_automatic",
+    "instance_exec",
+    "__is_a__",
+    "test_migrator_double_up",
+    "stub",
+    "private_methods",
+    "stubs",
+    "test_migrator_double_down",
+    "fixture_path",
+    "private_singleton_methods",
+    "stub_everything",
+    "test_migrator_one_up_with_exception_and_rollback",
+    "sequence",
+    "protected_methods",
+    "enum_for",
+    "test_finds_migrations",
+    "run_before_mocha",
+    "states",
+    "protected_singleton_methods",
+    "to_json",
+    "instance_values",
+    "==",
+    "mocha_setup",
+    "public_methods",
+    "test_finds_pending_migrations",
+    "mocha_verify",
+    "assert_kind_of",
+    "===",
+    "=~",
+    "test_relative_migrations",
+    "mocha_teardown",
+    "gem",
+    "mocha",
+    "test_only_loads_pending_migrations",
+    "test_add_column_with_precision_and_scale",
+    "require_or_load",
+    "eql?",
+    "require_dependency",
+    "test_native_types",
+    "test_target_version_zero_should_run_only_once",
+    "extend",
+    "to_matcher",
+    "unloadable",
+    "require_association",
+    "hash",
+    "__id__",
+    "load_dependency",
+    "equals",
+    "test_migrator_db_has_no_schema_migrations_table",
+    "test_migrator_verbosity",
+    "kind_of",
+    "to_yaml",
+    "to_bool",
+    "test_migrator_verbosity_off",
+    "taint",
+    "test_migrator_going_down_due_to_version_target",
+    "tainted?",
+    "mocha_inspect",
+    "test_migrator_rollback",
+    "vim",
+    "untaint",
+    "taguri=",
+    "test_migrator_forward",
+    "test_schema_migrations_table_name",
+    "test_proper_table_name",
+    "all_of",
+    "test_add_drop_table_with_prefix_and_suffix",
+    "_setup_callbacks",
+    "setup",
+    "Not",
+    "test_create_table_with_binary_column",
+    "assert_not_equal",
+    "enable_warnings",
+    "acts_like?",
+    "Rational",
+    "_removed_setup_callbacks",
+    "Table",
+    "bind",
+    "any_of",
+    "__method__",
+    "test_migrator_with_duplicates",
+    "_teardown_callbacks",
+    "method",
+    "test_migrator_with_duplicate_names",
+    "_removed_teardown_callbacks",
+    "any_parameters",
+    "test_migrator_with_missing_version_numbers",
+    "test_add_remove_single_field_using_string_arguments",
+    "test_create_table_with_custom_sequence_name",
+    "test_add_remove_single_field_using_symbol_arguments",
+    "_one_time_conditions_valid_14?",
+    "_one_time_conditions_valid_16?",
+    "run_callbacks",
+    "anything",
+    "silence_warnings",
+    "instance_variable_names",
+    "_fixture_path",
+    "copy_instance_variables_from",
+    "fixture_path?",
+    "has_entry",
+    "__marshal__",
+    "_fixture_table_names",
+    "__kind_of__",
+    "fixture_table_names?",
+    "test_add_rename",
+    "assert_equal",
+    "_fixture_class_names",
+    "fixture_class_names?",
+    "has_entries",
+    "_use_transactional_fixtures",
+    "people",
+    "test_rename_column_using_symbol_arguments",
+    "use_transactional_fixtures?",
+    "instance_eval",
+    "blank?",
+    "with_warnings",
+    "__nil__",
+    "load",
+    "metaclass",
+    "_use_instantiated_fixtures",
+    "has_key",
+    "class_eval",
+    "present?",
+    "test_rename_column",
+    "teardown",
+    "use_instantiated_fixtures?",
+    "method_name",
+    "silence_stderr",
+    "presence",
+    "test_rename_column_preserves_default_value_not_null",
+    "silence_stream",
+    "_pre_loaded_fixtures",
+    "__metaclass__",
+    "__fixnum__",
+    "pre_loaded_fixtures?",
+    "has_value",
+    "suppress",
+    "to_yaml_properties",
+    "test_rename_nonexistent_column",
+    "test_add_index",
+    "includes",
+    "find_correlate_in",
+    "equality_predicate_sql",
+    "assert_nothing_raised",
+    "let",
+    "not_predicate_sql",
+    "test_rename_column_with_sql_reserved_word",
+    "singleton_class",
+    "test_rename_column_with_an_index",
+    "display",
+    "taguri",
+    "to_yaml_style",
+    "test_remove_column_with_index",
+    "size",
+    "current_adapter?",
+    "test_remove_column_with_multi_column_index",
+    "respond_to?",
+    "test_change_type_of_not_null_column",
+    "is_a",
+    "to_a",
+    "test_rename_table_for_sqlite_should_work_with_reserved_words",
+    "require_library_or_gem",
+    "setup_fixtures",
+    "equal?",
+    "teardown_fixtures",
+    "nil?",
+    "fixture_table_names",
+    "fixture_class_names",
+    "test_create_table_without_id",
+    "use_transactional_fixtures",
+    "test_add_column_with_primary_key_attribute",
+    "repair_validations",
+    "use_instantiated_fixtures",
+    "instance_of?",
+    "test_create_table_adds_id",
+    "test_rename_table",
+    "pre_loaded_fixtures",
+    "to_enum",
+    "test_create_table_with_not_null_column",
+    "instance_of",
+    "test_change_column_nullability",
+    "optionally",
+    "test_rename_table_with_an_index",
+    "run",
+    "test_change_column",
+    "default_test",
+    "assert_raise",
+    "test_create_table_with_defaults",
+    "assert_nil",
+    "flunk",
+    "regexp_matches",
+    "duplicable?",
+    "reset_mocha",
+    "stubba_method",
+    "filter_backtrace",
+    "test_create_table_with_limits",
+    "responds_with",
+    "stubba_object",
+    "test_change_column_with_nil_default",
+    "assert_block",
+    "__show__",
+    "assert_date_from_db",
+    "__respond_to_eh__",
+    "run_in_transaction?",
+    "inspect",
+    "assert_sql",
+    "test_change_column_with_new_default",
+    "yaml_equivalent",
+    "build_message",
+    "to_s",
+    "test_change_column_default",
+    "assert_queries",
+    "pending",
+    "as_json",
+    "assert_no_queries",
+    "test_change_column_quotes_column_names",
+    "assert_match",
+    "test_keeping_default_and_notnull_constraint_on_change",
+    "methods",
+    "connection_allow_concurrency_setup",
+    "connection_allow_concurrency_teardown",
+    "test_create_table_with_primary_key_prefix_as_table_name_with_underscore",
+    "__send__",
+    "make_connection",
+    "assert_raises",
+    "tap",
+    "with_kcode",
+    "assert_instance_of",
+    "test_create_table_with_primary_key_prefix_as_table_name",
+    "assert_respond_to",
+    "test_change_column_default_to_null",
+    "assert_same",
+    "__extend__",
+  ]
+
+  LargeTestArraySorted = [
+    "test_add_column_not_null_with_default",
+    "test_add_column_with_precision_and_scale",
+    "test_add_column_with_primary_key_attribute",
+    "test_add_drop_table_with_prefix_and_suffix",
+    "test_add_index",
+    "test_add_remove_single_field_using_string_arguments",
+    "test_add_remove_single_field_using_symbol_arguments",
+    "test_add_rename",
+    "test_add_table",
+    "test_add_table_with_decimals",
+    "test_change_column",
+    "test_change_column_default",
+    "test_change_column_default_to_null",
+    "test_change_column_nullability",
+    "test_change_column_quotes_column_names",
+    "test_change_column_with_new_default",
+    "test_change_column_with_nil_default",
+    "test_change_type_of_not_null_column",
+    "test_create_table_adds_id",
+    "test_create_table_with_binary_column",
+    "test_create_table_with_custom_sequence_name",
+    "test_create_table_with_defaults",
+    "test_create_table_with_force_true_does_not_drop_nonexisting_table",
+    "test_create_table_with_limits",
+    "test_create_table_with_not_null_column",
+    "test_create_table_with_primary_key_prefix_as_table_name",
+    "test_create_table_with_primary_key_prefix_as_table_name_with_underscore",
+    "test_create_table_with_timestamps_should_create_datetime_columns",
+    "test_create_table_with_timestamps_should_create_datetime_columns_with_options",
+    "test_create_table_without_a_block",
+    "test_create_table_without_id",
+    "test_finds_migrations",
+    "test_finds_pending_migrations",
+    "test_keeping_default_and_notnull_constraint_on_change",
+    "test_migrator",
+    "test_migrator_db_has_no_schema_migrations_table",
+    "test_migrator_double_down",
+    "test_migrator_double_up",
+    "test_migrator_forward",
+    "test_migrator_going_down_due_to_version_target",
+    "test_migrator_one_down",
+    "test_migrator_one_up",
+    "test_migrator_one_up_one_down",
+    "test_migrator_one_up_with_exception_and_rollback",
+    "test_migrator_rollback",
+    "test_migrator_verbosity",
+    "test_migrator_verbosity_off",
+    "test_migrator_with_duplicate_names",
+    "test_migrator_with_duplicates",
+    "test_migrator_with_missing_version_numbers",
+    "test_native_decimal_insert_manual_vs_automatic",
+    "test_native_types",
+    "test_only_loads_pending_migrations",
+    "test_proper_table_name",
+    "test_relative_migrations",
+    "test_remove_column_with_index",
+    "test_remove_column_with_multi_column_index",
+    "test_rename_column",
+    "test_rename_column_preserves_default_value_not_null",
+    "test_rename_column_using_symbol_arguments",
+    "test_rename_column_with_an_index",
+    "test_rename_column_with_sql_reserved_word",
+    "test_rename_nonexistent_column",
+    "test_rename_table",
+    "test_rename_table_for_sqlite_should_work_with_reserved_words",
+    "test_rename_table_with_an_index",
+    "test_schema_migrations_table_name",
+    "test_target_version_zero_should_run_only_once",
+  ]
 
   class PrivateToAry
     private
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/fixtures/encoded_strings.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/fixtures/encoded_strings.rb
index 5b85bd0e06..b5888d86ae 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/fixtures/encoded_strings.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/fixtures/encoded_strings.rb
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 module ArraySpecs
   def self.array_with_usascii_and_7bit_utf8_strings
     [
-      'foo'.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
+      'foo'.dup.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
       'bar'
     ]
   end
 
   def self.array_with_usascii_and_utf8_strings
     [
-      'foo'.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
+      'foo'.dup.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
       'báz'
     ]
   end
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module ArraySpecs
   def self.array_with_7bit_utf8_and_usascii_strings
     [
       'bar',
-      'foo'.force_encoding('US-ASCII')
+      'foo'.dup.force_encoding('US-ASCII')
     ]
   end
 
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ module ArraySpecs
     [
       'báz',
       'bar',
-      'foo'.force_encoding('US-ASCII')
+      'foo'.dup.force_encoding('US-ASCII')
     ]
   end
 
   def self.array_with_usascii_and_utf8_strings
     [
-      'foo'.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
+      'foo'.dup.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
       'bar',
       'báz'
     ]
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module ArraySpecs
     [
       'bar',
       'báz',
-      'foo'.force_encoding('BINARY')
+      'foo'.dup.force_encoding('BINARY')
     ]
   end
 
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ module ArraySpecs
 
   def self.array_with_usascii_and_7bit_binary_strings
     [
-      'bar'.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
-      'foo'.force_encoding('BINARY')
+      'bar'.dup.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
+      'foo'.dup.force_encoding('BINARY')
     ]
   end
 
   def self.array_with_usascii_and_binary_strings
     [
-      'bar'.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
+      'bar'.dup.force_encoding('US-ASCII'),
       [255].pack('C').force_encoding('BINARY')
     ]
   end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/flatten_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/flatten_spec.rb
index 8c97000c79..272406b8f9 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/flatten_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/flatten_spec.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ describe "Array#flatten" do
   it "returns dup when the level of recursion is 0" do
     a = [ 1, 2, [3, [4, 5] ] ]
     a.flatten(0).should == a
-    a.flatten(0).should_not equal(a)
+    a.flatten(0).should_not.equal?(a)
   end
 
   it "ignores negative levels" do
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe "Array#flatten" do
 
   it "raises a TypeError when the passed Object can't be converted to an Integer" do
     obj = mock("Not converted")
-    -> { [ 1, 2, [3, [4, 5] ] ].flatten(obj) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [ 1, 2, [3, [4, 5] ] ].flatten(obj) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "does not call flatten on elements" do
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ describe "Array#flatten" do
   it "raises an ArgumentError on recursive arrays" do
     x = []
     x << x
-    -> { x.flatten }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { x.flatten }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
 
     x = []
     y = []
     x << y
     y << x
-    -> { x.flatten }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { x.flatten }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "flattens any element which responds to #to_ary, using the return value of said method" do
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ describe "Array#flatten" do
   end
 
   it "returns Array instance for Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[].flatten.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].flatten.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, [2], 3].flatten.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[].flatten.should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].flatten.should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, [2], 3].flatten.should.instance_of?(Array)
     ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, [2, 3], 4].flatten.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    [ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]].flatten.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    [ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]].flatten.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "is not destructive" do
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ describe "Array#flatten" do
 
     it "raises a TypeError if #to_ary does not return an Array" do
       @obj.should_receive(:to_ary).and_return(1)
-      -> { [@obj].flatten }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+      -> { [@obj].flatten }.should.raise(TypeError)
     end
 
     it "calls respond_to_missing?(:to_ary, true) to try coercing" do
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ describe "Array#flatten" do
     it "calls #to_ary if not defined when #respond_to_missing? returns true" do
       def @obj.respond_to_missing?(name, priv) ScratchPad << name; true end
 
-      -> { [@obj].flatten }.should raise_error(NoMethodError)
+      -> { [@obj].flatten }.should.raise(NoMethodError)
       ScratchPad.recorded.should == [:to_ary]
     end
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ describe "Array#flatten!" do
 
   it "returns self if made some modifications" do
     a = [[[1, [2, 3]],[2, 3, [4, [4, [5, 5]], [1, 2, 3]]], [4]], []]
-    a.flatten!.should equal(a)
+    a.flatten!.should.equal?(a)
   end
 
   it "returns nil if no modifications took place" do
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ describe "Array#flatten!" do
 
   it "raises a TypeError when the passed Object can't be converted to an Integer" do
     obj = mock("Not converted")
-    -> { [ 1, 2, [3, [4, 5] ] ].flatten!(obj) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [ 1, 2, [3, [4, 5] ] ].flatten!(obj) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "does not call flatten! on elements" do
@@ -224,13 +224,13 @@ describe "Array#flatten!" do
   it "raises an ArgumentError on recursive arrays" do
     x = []
     x << x
-    -> { x.flatten! }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { x.flatten! }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
 
     x = []
     y = []
     x << y
     y << x
-    -> { x.flatten! }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { x.flatten! }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "flattens any elements which responds to #to_ary, using the return value of said method" do
@@ -248,19 +248,19 @@ describe "Array#flatten!" do
 
     ary = [ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]]
     ary.flatten!
-    ary.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ary.should.instance_of?(Array)
     ary.should == [1, 2, 3]
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on frozen arrays when the array is modified" do
     nested_ary = [1, 2, []]
     nested_ary.freeze
-    -> { nested_ary.flatten! }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { nested_ary.flatten! }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   # see [ruby-core:23663]
   it "raises a FrozenError on frozen arrays when the array would not be modified" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.flatten! }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.flatten! }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.flatten! }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.flatten! }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/hash_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/hash_spec.rb
index f3bcc83fce..3b7b6d5bed 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/hash_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/hash_spec.rb
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ describe "Array#hash" do
 
     [[], [1, 2, 3]].each do |ary|
       ary.hash.should == ary.dup.hash
-      ary.hash.should be_an_instance_of(Integer)
+      ary.hash.should.instance_of?(Integer)
     end
   end
 
   it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
     empty = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
-    -> { empty.hash }.should_not raise_error
+    -> { empty.hash }.should_not.raise
 
     array = ArraySpecs.recursive_array
-    -> { array.hash }.should_not raise_error
+    -> { array.hash }.should_not.raise
   end
 
   it "returns the same hash for equal recursive arrays" do
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe "Array#hash" do
     a.fill 'a', 0..3
     b = %w|a a a a|
     a.hash.should == b.hash
-    a.should eql(b)
+    a.should.eql?(b)
   end
 
   it "produces different hashes for nested arrays with different values and empty terminator" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/index_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/index_spec.rb
index 3acb7d0ef3..b66cb6eb53 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/index_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/index_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'shared/index'
 
 describe "Array#index" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_index, :index
+  it "is an alias of Array#find_index" do
+    Array.instance_method(:index).should == Array.instance_method(:find_index)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/initialize_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/initialize_spec.rb
index b9fa77b16e..19ee37825e 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/initialize_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/initialize_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe "Array#initialize" do
   end
 
   it "is private" do
-    Array.should have_private_instance_method("initialize")
+    Array.private_instance_methods(false).should.include?(:initialize)
   end
 
   it "is called on subclasses" do
@@ -19,26 +19,26 @@ describe "Array#initialize" do
 
   it "preserves the object's identity even when changing its value" do
     a = [1, 2, 3]
-    a.send(:initialize).should equal(a)
+    a.send(:initialize).should.equal?(a)
     a.should_not == [1, 2, 3]
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError if passed 3 or more arguments" do
     -> do
       [1, 2].send :initialize, 1, 'x', true
-    end.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    end.should.raise(ArgumentError)
     -> do
       [1, 2].send(:initialize, 1, 'x', true) {}
-    end.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    end.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on frozen arrays" do
     -> do
       ArraySpecs.frozen_array.send :initialize
-    end.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    end.should.raise(FrozenError)
     -> do
       ArraySpecs.frozen_array.send :initialize, ArraySpecs.frozen_array
-    end.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    end.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "calls #to_ary to convert the value to an array, even if it's private" do
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ end
 
 describe "Array#initialize with no arguments" do
   it "makes the array empty" do
-    [1, 2, 3].send(:initialize).should be_empty
+    [1, 2, 3].send(:initialize).should.empty?
   end
 
   it "does not use the given block" do
     -> {
-      -> { [1, 2, 3].send(:initialize) { raise } }.should_not raise_error
+      -> { [1, 2, 3].send(:initialize) { raise } }.should_not.raise
     }.should complain(/#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__-1}: warning: given block not used/, verbose: true)
   end
 end
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe "Array#initialize with (array)" do
   end
 
   it "does not use the given block" do
-    ->{ [1, 2, 3].send(:initialize) { raise } }.should_not raise_error
+    ->{ [1, 2, 3].send(:initialize) { raise } }.should_not.raise
   end
 
   it "calls #to_ary to convert the value to an array" do
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe "Array#initialize with (array)" do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if an Array type argument and a default object" do
-    -> { [].send(:initialize, [1, 2], 1) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [].send(:initialize, [1, 2], 1) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 end
 
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ describe "Array#initialize with (size, object=nil)" do
     a = []
     obj = [3]
     a.send(:initialize, 2, obj).should == [obj, obj]
-    a[0].should equal(obj)
-    a[1].should equal(obj)
+    a[0].should.equal?(obj)
+    a[1].should.equal?(obj)
 
     b = []
     b.send(:initialize, 3, 14).should == [14, 14, 14]
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@ describe "Array#initialize with (size, object=nil)" do
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError if size is negative" do
-    -> { [].send(:initialize, -1, :a) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
-    -> { [].send(:initialize, -1) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [].send(:initialize, -1, :a) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [].send(:initialize, -1) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError if size is too large" do
-    -> { [].send(:initialize, fixnum_max+1) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [].send(:initialize, fixnum_max+1) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "calls #to_int to convert the size argument to an Integer when object is given" do
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ describe "Array#initialize with (size, object=nil)" do
   it "raises a TypeError if the size argument is not an Integer type" do
     obj = mock('nonnumeric')
     obj.stub!(:to_ary).and_return([1, 2])
-    ->{ [].send(:initialize, obj, :a) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    ->{ [].send(:initialize, obj, :a) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "yields the index of the element and sets the element to the value of the block" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/insert_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/insert_spec.rb
index 9e1757f68b..38e132fd25 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/insert_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/insert_spec.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 describe "Array#insert" do
   it "returns self" do
     ary = []
-    ary.insert(0).should equal(ary)
-    ary.insert(0, :a).should equal(ary)
+    ary.insert(0).should.equal?(ary)
+    ary.insert(0, :a).should.equal?(ary)
   end
 
   it "inserts objects before the element at index for non-negative index" do
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ describe "Array#insert" do
   end
 
   it "raises an IndexError if the negative index is out of bounds" do
-    -> { [].insert(-2, 1)  }.should raise_error(IndexError)
-    -> { [1].insert(-3, 2) }.should raise_error(IndexError)
+    -> { [].insert(-2, 1)  }.should.raise(IndexError)
+    -> { [1].insert(-3, 2) }.should.raise(IndexError)
   end
 
   it "does nothing of no object is passed" do
@@ -64,15 +64,15 @@ describe "Array#insert" do
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError if no argument passed" do
-    -> { [].insert() }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [].insert() }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on frozen arrays when the array is modified" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.insert(0, 'x') }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.insert(0, 'x') }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   # see [ruby-core:23666]
   it "raises a FrozenError on frozen arrays when the array would not be modified" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.insert(0) }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.insert(0) }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/inspect_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/inspect_spec.rb
index 0832224f5a..e5dca82889 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/inspect_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/inspect_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,108 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/inspect'
 
 describe "Array#inspect" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_inspect, :inspect
+  it "returns a string" do
+    [1, 2, 3].inspect.should.instance_of?(String)
+  end
+
+  it "returns '[]' for an empty Array" do
+    [].inspect.should == "[]"
+  end
+
+  it "calls inspect on its elements and joins the results with commas" do
+    items = Array.new(3) do |i|
+      obj = mock(i.to_s)
+      obj.should_receive(:inspect).and_return(i.to_s)
+      obj
+    end
+    items.inspect.should == "[0, 1, 2]"
+  end
+
+  it "does not call #to_s on a String returned from #inspect" do
+    str = +"abc"
+    str.should_not_receive(:to_s)
+
+    [str].inspect.should == '["abc"]'
+  end
+
+  it "calls #to_s on the object returned from #inspect if the Object isn't a String" do
+    obj = mock("Array#inspect/to_s calls #to_s")
+    obj.should_receive(:inspect).and_return(obj)
+    obj.should_receive(:to_s).and_return("abc")
+
+    [obj].inspect.should == "[abc]"
+  end
+
+  it "does not call #to_str on the object returned from #inspect when it is not a String" do
+    obj = mock("Array#inspect/to_s does not call #to_str")
+    obj.should_receive(:inspect).and_return(obj)
+    obj.should_not_receive(:to_str)
+
+    [obj].inspect.should =~ /^\[#<MockObject:0x[0-9a-f]+>\]$/
+  end
+
+  it "does not call #to_str on the object returned from #to_s when it is not a String" do
+    obj = mock("Array#inspect/to_s does not call #to_str on #to_s result")
+    obj.should_receive(:inspect).and_return(obj)
+    obj.should_receive(:to_s).and_return(obj)
+    obj.should_not_receive(:to_str)
+
+    [obj].inspect.should =~ /^\[#<MockObject:0x[0-9a-f]+>\]$/
+  end
+
+  it "does not swallow exceptions raised by #to_s" do
+    obj = mock("Array#inspect/to_s does not swallow #to_s exceptions")
+    obj.should_receive(:inspect).and_return(obj)
+    obj.should_receive(:to_s).and_raise(Exception)
+
+    -> { [obj].inspect }.should.raise(Exception)
+  end
+
+  it "represents a recursive element with '[...]'" do
+    ArraySpecs.recursive_array.inspect.should == "[1, \"two\", 3.0, [...], [...], [...], [...], [...]]"
+    ArraySpecs.head_recursive_array.inspect.should == "[[...], [...], [...], [...], [...], 1, \"two\", 3.0]"
+    ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array.inspect.should == "[[...]]"
+  end
+
+  describe "with encoding" do
+    before :each do
+      @default_external_encoding = Encoding.default_external
+    end
+
+    after :each do
+      Encoding.default_external = @default_external_encoding
+    end
+
+    it "returns a US-ASCII string for an empty Array" do
+      [].inspect.encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
+    end
+
+    it "use the default external encoding if it is ascii compatible" do
+      Encoding.default_external = Encoding.find('UTF-8')
+
+      utf8 = "utf8".encode("UTF-8")
+      jp   = "jp".encode("EUC-JP")
+      array = [jp, utf8]
+
+      array.inspect.encoding.name.should == "UTF-8"
+    end
+
+    it "use US-ASCII encoding if the default external encoding is not ascii compatible" do
+      Encoding.default_external = Encoding.find('UTF-32')
+
+      utf8 = "utf8".encode("UTF-8")
+      jp   = "jp".encode("EUC-JP")
+      array = [jp, utf8]
+
+      array.inspect.encoding.name.should == "US-ASCII"
+    end
+
+    it "does not raise if inspected result is not default external encoding" do
+      utf_16be = mock(+"utf_16be")
+      utf_16be.should_receive(:inspect).and_return(%<"utf_16be \u3042">.encode(Encoding::UTF_16BE))
+
+      [utf_16be].inspect.should == '["utf_16be \u3042"]'
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/intersect_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/intersect_spec.rb
index 62ac157278..456aa26c6e 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/intersect_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/intersect_spec.rb
@@ -2,65 +2,63 @@ require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 
 describe 'Array#intersect?' do
-  ruby_version_is '3.1' do # https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15198
-    describe 'when at least one element in two Arrays is the same' do
-      it 'returns true' do
-        [1, 2].intersect?([2, 3, 4]).should == true
-        [2, 3, 4].intersect?([1, 2]).should == true
-      end
+  describe 'when at least one element in two Arrays is the same' do
+    it 'returns true' do
+      [1, 2].intersect?([2, 3, 4]).should == true
+      [2, 3, 4].intersect?([1, 2]).should == true
     end
+  end
 
-    describe 'when there are no elements in common between two Arrays' do
-      it 'returns false' do
-        [0, 1, 2].intersect?([3, 4]).should == false
-        [3, 4].intersect?([0, 1, 2]).should == false
-        [3, 4].intersect?([]).should == false
-        [].intersect?([0, 1, 2]).should == false
-      end
+  describe 'when there are no elements in common between two Arrays' do
+    it 'returns false' do
+      [0, 1, 2].intersect?([3, 4]).should == false
+      [3, 4].intersect?([0, 1, 2]).should == false
+      [3, 4].intersect?([]).should == false
+      [].intersect?([0, 1, 2]).should == false
     end
+  end
 
-    it "tries to convert the passed argument to an Array using #to_ary" do
-      obj = mock('[1,2,3]')
-      obj.should_receive(:to_ary).and_return([1, 2, 3])
+  it "tries to convert the passed argument to an Array using #to_ary" do
+    obj = mock('[1,2,3]')
+    obj.should_receive(:to_ary).and_return([1, 2, 3])
 
-      [1, 2].intersect?(obj).should == true
-    end
+    [1, 2].intersect?(obj).should == true
+  end
 
-    it "determines equivalence between elements in the sense of eql?" do
-      obj1 = mock('1')
-      obj2 = mock('2')
-      obj1.stub!(:hash).and_return(0)
-      obj2.stub!(:hash).and_return(0)
-      obj1.stub!(:eql?).and_return(true)
-      obj2.stub!(:eql?).and_return(true)
+  it "determines equivalence between elements in the sense of eql?" do
+    obj1 = mock('1')
+    obj2 = mock('2')
+    obj1.stub!(:hash).and_return(0)
+    obj2.stub!(:hash).and_return(0)
+    obj1.stub!(:eql?).and_return(true)
+    obj2.stub!(:eql?).and_return(true)
 
-      [obj1].intersect?([obj2]).should == true
+    [obj1].intersect?([obj2]).should == true
 
-      obj1 = mock('3')
-      obj2 = mock('4')
-      obj1.stub!(:hash).and_return(0)
-      obj2.stub!(:hash).and_return(0)
-      obj1.stub!(:eql?).and_return(false)
-      obj2.stub!(:eql?).and_return(false)
+    obj1 = mock('3')
+    obj2 = mock('4')
+    obj1.stub!(:hash).and_return(0)
+    obj2.stub!(:hash).and_return(0)
+    obj1.stub!(:eql?).and_return(false)
+    obj2.stub!(:eql?).and_return(false)
 
-      [obj1].intersect?([obj2]).should == false
-    end
+    [obj1].intersect?([obj2]).should == false
+  end
 
-    it "does not call to_ary on array subclasses" do
-      [5, 6].intersect?(ArraySpecs::ToAryArray[1, 2, 5, 6]).should == true
-    end
+  it "does not call to_ary on array subclasses" do
+    [5, 6].intersect?(ArraySpecs::ToAryArray[1, 2, 5, 6]).should == true
+  end
 
-    it "properly handles an identical item even when its #eql? isn't reflexive" do
-      x = mock('x')
-      x.stub!(:hash).and_return(42)
-      x.stub!(:eql?).and_return(false) # Stubbed for clarity and latitude in implementation; not actually sent by MRI.
+  it "properly handles an identical item even when its #eql? isn't reflexive" do
+    x = mock('x')
+    x.stub!(:hash).and_return(42)
+    x.stub!(:eql?).and_return(false) # Stubbed for clarity and latitude in implementation; not actually sent by MRI.
 
-      [x].intersect?([x]).should == true
-    end
+    [x].intersect?([x]).should == true
+  end
 
-    it "has semantic of !(a & b).empty?" do
-      [].intersect?([]).should == false
-      [nil].intersect?([nil]).should == true
-    end
+  it "has semantic of !(a & b).empty?" do
+    [].intersect?([]).should == false
+    [nil].intersect?([nil]).should == true
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/join_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/join_spec.rb
index e78ea6f9e1..3b4946a99f 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/join_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/join_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require_relative 'shared/join'
 
 describe "Array#join" do
   it_behaves_like :array_join_with_string_separator,  :join
-  it_behaves_like :array_join_with_default_separator, :join
 
   it "does not separate elements when the passed separator is nil" do
     [1, 2, 3].join(nil).should == '123'
@@ -24,11 +23,108 @@ describe "Array#join" do
 
   it "raises a TypeError if the separator cannot be coerced to a String by calling #to_str" do
     obj = mock("not a string")
-    -> { [1, 2].join(obj) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [1, 2].join(obj) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if passed false as the separator" do
-    -> { [1, 2].join(false) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [1, 2].join(false) }.should.raise(TypeError)
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Array#join with default separator" do
+  before :each do
+    @separator = $,
+  end
+
+  after :each do
+    $, = @separator
+  end
+
+  it "returns an empty string if the Array is empty" do
+    [].join.should == ''
+  end
+
+  it "returns a US-ASCII string for an empty Array" do
+    [].join.encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
+  end
+
+  it "returns a string formed by concatenating each String element separated by $," do
+    suppress_warning {
+      $, = " | "
+      ["1", "2", "3"].join.should == "1 | 2 | 3"
+    }
+  end
+
+  it "attempts coercion via #to_str first" do
+    obj = mock('foo')
+    obj.should_receive(:to_str).any_number_of_times.and_return("foo")
+    [obj].join.should == "foo"
+  end
+
+  it "attempts coercion via #to_ary second" do
+    obj = mock('foo')
+    obj.should_receive(:to_str).any_number_of_times.and_return(nil)
+    obj.should_receive(:to_ary).any_number_of_times.and_return(["foo"])
+    [obj].join.should == "foo"
+  end
+
+  it "attempts coercion via #to_s third" do
+    obj = mock('foo')
+    obj.should_receive(:to_str).any_number_of_times.and_return(nil)
+    obj.should_receive(:to_ary).any_number_of_times.and_return(nil)
+    obj.should_receive(:to_s).any_number_of_times.and_return("foo")
+    [obj].join.should == "foo"
+  end
+
+  it "raises a NoMethodError if an element does not respond to #to_str, #to_ary, or #to_s" do
+    obj = mock('o')
+    class << obj; undef :to_s; end
+    -> { [1, obj].join }.should.raise(NoMethodError)
+  end
+
+  it "raises an ArgumentError when the Array is recursive" do
+    -> { ArraySpecs.recursive_array.join }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.head_recursive_array.join }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array.join }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
+  end
+
+  it "uses the first encoding when other strings are compatible" do
+    ary1 = ArraySpecs.array_with_7bit_utf8_and_usascii_strings
+    ary2 = ArraySpecs.array_with_usascii_and_7bit_utf8_strings
+    ary3 = ArraySpecs.array_with_utf8_and_7bit_binary_strings
+    ary4 = ArraySpecs.array_with_usascii_and_7bit_binary_strings
+
+    ary1.join.encoding.should == Encoding::UTF_8
+    ary2.join.encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
+    ary3.join.encoding.should == Encoding::UTF_8
+    ary4.join.encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
+  end
+
+  it "uses the widest common encoding when other strings are incompatible" do
+    ary1 = ArraySpecs.array_with_utf8_and_usascii_strings
+    ary2 = ArraySpecs.array_with_usascii_and_utf8_strings
+
+    ary1.join.encoding.should == Encoding::UTF_8
+    ary2.join.encoding.should == Encoding::UTF_8
+  end
+
+  it "fails for arrays with incompatibly-encoded strings" do
+    ary_utf8_bad_binary = ArraySpecs.array_with_utf8_and_binary_strings
+
+    -> { ary_utf8_bad_binary.join }.should.raise(EncodingError)
+  end
+
+  context "when $, is not nil" do
+    before do
+      suppress_warning do
+        $, = '*'
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "warns" do
+      -> { [].join }.should complain(/warning: \$, is set to non-nil value/)
+      -> { [].join(nil) }.should complain(/warning: \$, is set to non-nil value/)
+    end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/keep_if_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/keep_if_spec.rb
index 40f7329b7c..62a65a04e8 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/keep_if_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/keep_if_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require_relative 'shared/keep_if'
 describe "Array#keep_if" do
   it "returns the same array if no changes were made" do
     array = [1, 2, 3]
-    array.keep_if { true }.should equal(array)
+    array.keep_if { true }.should.equal?(array)
   end
 
   it_behaves_like :keep_if, :keep_if
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/last_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/last_spec.rb
index d6fefada09..ed417bcd2a 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/last_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/last_spec.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe "Array#last" do
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError when count is negative" do
-    -> { [1, 2].last(-1) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [1, 2].last(-1) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "returns the entire array when count > length" do
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ describe "Array#last" do
 
   it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
     empty = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
-    empty.last.should equal(empty)
+    empty.last.should.equal?(empty)
 
     array = ArraySpecs.recursive_array
-    array.last.should equal(array)
+    array.last.should.equal?(array)
   end
 
   it "tries to convert the passed argument to an Integer using #to_int" do
@@ -60,19 +60,19 @@ describe "Array#last" do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if the passed argument is not numeric" do
-    -> { [1,2].last(nil) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-    -> { [1,2].last("a") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [1,2].last(nil) }.should.raise(TypeError)
+    -> { [1,2].last("a") }.should.raise(TypeError)
 
     obj = mock("nonnumeric")
-    -> { [1,2].last(obj) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [1,2].last(obj) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instance on Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[].last(0).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[].last(2).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].last(0).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].last(1).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].last(2).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[].last(0).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[].last(2).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].last(0).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].last(1).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].last(2).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "is not destructive" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/length_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/length_spec.rb
index a90c001300..74b2eb3a08 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/length_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/length_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/length'
 
 describe "Array#length" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_length, :length
+  it "returns the number of elements" do
+    [].length.should == 0
+    [1, 2, 3].length.should == 3
+  end
+
+  it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
+    ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array.length.should == 1
+    ArraySpecs.recursive_array.length.should == 8
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/map_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/map_spec.rb
index 0c7f3afa8c..f5e88c8624 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/map_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/map_spec.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/collect'
 
 describe "Array#map" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_collect, :map
+  it "is an alias of Array#collect" do
+    Array.instance_method(:map).should == Array.instance_method(:collect)
+  end
 end
 
 describe "Array#map!" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_collect_b, :map!
+  it "is an alias of Array#collect!" do
+    Array.instance_method(:map!).should == Array.instance_method(:collect!)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/max_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/max_spec.rb
index d1c64519d0..868275a748 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/max_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/max_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 
 describe "Array#max" do
   it "is defined on Array" do
-    [1].method(:max).owner.should equal Array
+    [1].method(:max).owner.should.equal? Array
   end
 
   it "returns nil with no values" do
@@ -70,16 +70,16 @@ describe "Array#max" do
   it "raises a NoMethodError for elements without #<=>" do
     -> do
       [BasicObject.new, BasicObject.new].max
-    end.should raise_error(NoMethodError)
+    end.should.raise(NoMethodError)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError for incomparable elements" do
     -> do
       [11,"22"].max
-    end.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    end.should.raise(ArgumentError)
     -> do
       [11,12,22,33].max{|a, b| nil}
-    end.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    end.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "returns the maximum element (with block)" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/min_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/min_spec.rb
index 3bdef0dd00..5913e08cf8 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/min_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/min_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 
 describe "Array#min" do
   it "is defined on Array" do
-    [1].method(:max).owner.should equal Array
+    [1].method(:max).owner.should.equal? Array
   end
 
   it "returns nil with no values" do
@@ -64,22 +64,22 @@ describe "Array#min" do
   end
 
   it "returns nil for an empty Enumerable" do
-    [].min.should be_nil
+    [].min.should == nil
   end
 
   it "raises a NoMethodError for elements without #<=>" do
     -> do
       [BasicObject.new, BasicObject.new].min
-    end.should raise_error(NoMethodError)
+    end.should.raise(NoMethodError)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError for incomparable elements" do
     -> do
       [11,"22"].min
-    end.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    end.should.raise(ArgumentError)
     -> do
       [11,12,22,33].min{|a, b| nil}
-    end.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    end.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "returns the minimum when using a block rule" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/multiply_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/multiply_spec.rb
index eca51142fb..1ac14e1b09 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/multiply_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/multiply_spec.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe "Array#*" do
 
   it "raises a TypeError if the argument can neither be converted to a string nor an integer" do
     obj = mock('not a string or integer')
-    ->{ [1,2] * obj }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    ->{ [1,2] * obj }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "converts the passed argument to a String rather than an Integer" do
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ describe "Array#*" do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError is the passed argument is nil" do
-    ->{ [1,2] * nil }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    ->{ [1,2] * nil }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError when passed 2 or more arguments" do
-    ->{ [1,2].send(:*, 1, 2) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    ->{ [1,2].send(:*, 1, 2) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError when passed no arguments" do
-    ->{ [1,2].send(:*) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    ->{ [1,2].send(:*) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 end
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe "Array#* with an integer" do
 
   it "does not return self even if the passed integer is 1" do
     ary = [1, 2, 3]
-    (ary * 1).should_not equal(ary)
+    (ary * 1).should_not.equal?(ary)
   end
 
   it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ describe "Array#* with an integer" do
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError when passed a negative integer" do
-    -> { [ 1, 2, 3 ] * -1 }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
-    -> { [] * -1 }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [ 1, 2, 3 ] * -1 }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [] * -1 }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   describe "with a subclass of Array" do
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ describe "Array#* with an integer" do
     end
 
     it "returns an Array instance" do
-      (@array * 0).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-      (@array * 1).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-      (@array * 2).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+      (@array * 0).should.instance_of?(Array)
+      (@array * 1).should.instance_of?(Array)
+      (@array * 2).should.instance_of?(Array)
     end
 
     it "does not call #initialize on the subclass instance" do
       (@array * 2).should == [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should be_nil
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == nil
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/new_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/new_spec.rb
index b50a4857b0..b2f23e2f6b 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/new_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/new_spec.rb
@@ -3,31 +3,31 @@ require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 
 describe "Array.new" do
   it "returns an instance of Array" do
-    Array.new.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    Array.new.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "returns an instance of a subclass" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray.new(1, 2).should be_an_instance_of(ArraySpecs::MyArray)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray.new(1, 2).should.instance_of?(ArraySpecs::MyArray)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError if passed 3 or more arguments" do
     -> do
       [1, 2].send :initialize, 1, 'x', true
-    end.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    end.should.raise(ArgumentError)
     -> do
       [1, 2].send(:initialize, 1, 'x', true) {}
-    end.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    end.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 end
 
 describe "Array.new with no arguments" do
   it "returns an empty array" do
-    Array.new.should be_empty
+    Array.new.should.empty?
   end
 
   it "does not use the given block" do
     -> {
-      -> { Array.new { raise } }.should_not raise_error
+      -> { Array.new { raise } }.should_not.raise
     }.should complain(/warning: given block not used/, verbose: true)
   end
 end
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe "Array.new with (array)" do
   end
 
   it "does not use the given block" do
-    ->{ Array.new([1, 2]) { raise } }.should_not raise_error
+    ->{ Array.new([1, 2]) { raise } }.should_not.raise
   end
 
   it "calls #to_ary to convert the value to an array" do
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe "Array.new with (array)" do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if an Array type argument and a default object" do
-    -> { Array.new([1, 2], 1) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { Array.new([1, 2], 1) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 end
 
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ describe "Array.new with (size, object=nil)" do
     obj = [3]
     a = Array.new(2, obj)
     a.should == [obj, obj]
-    a[0].should equal(obj)
-    a[1].should equal(obj)
+    a[0].should.equal?(obj)
+    a[1].should.equal?(obj)
 
     Array.new(3, 14).should == [14, 14, 14]
   end
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ describe "Array.new with (size, object=nil)" do
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError if size is negative" do
-    -> { Array.new(-1, :a) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
-    -> { Array.new(-1) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { Array.new(-1, :a) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
+    -> { Array.new(-1) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError if size is too large" do
-    -> { Array.new(fixnum_max+1) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { Array.new(fixnum_max+1) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "calls #to_int to convert the size argument to an Integer when object is given" do
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ describe "Array.new with (size, object=nil)" do
   it "raises a TypeError if the size argument is not an Integer type" do
     obj = mock('nonnumeric')
     obj.stub!(:to_ary).and_return([1, 2])
-    ->{ Array.new(obj, :a) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    ->{ Array.new(obj, :a) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "yields the index of the element and sets the element to the value of the block" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/a_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/a_spec.rb
index f4a40502c2..03bfd8214c 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/a_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/a_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# encoding: binary
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 require_relative 'shared/basic'
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'A'" do
   end
 
   it "will not implicitly convert a number to a string" do
-    -> { [0].pack('A') }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-    -> { [0].pack('a') }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [0].pack('A') }.should.raise(TypeError)
+    -> { [0].pack('a') }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "adds all the bytes to the output when passed the '*' modifier" do
     ["abc"].pack("A*").should == "abc"
   end
 
-  it "padds the output with spaces when the count exceeds the size of the String" do
+  it "pads the output with spaces when the count exceeds the size of the String" do
     ["abc"].pack("A6").should == "abc   "
   end
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'a'" do
     ["abc"].pack("a*").should == "abc"
   end
 
-  it "padds the output with NULL bytes when the count exceeds the size of the String" do
+  it "pads the output with NULL bytes when the count exceeds the size of the String" do
     ["abc"].pack("a6").should == "abc\x00\x00\x00"
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/at_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/at_spec.rb
index 3942677913..bb9801440a 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/at_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/at_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# encoding: binary
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 require_relative 'shared/basic'
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/b_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/b_spec.rb
index ec82b7d1ab..f7576846ef 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/b_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/b_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# encoding: binary
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 require_relative 'shared/basic'
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'B'" do
   end
 
   it "will not implicitly convert a number to a string" do
-    -> { [0].pack('B') }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-    -> { [0].pack('b') }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [0].pack('B') }.should.raise(TypeError)
+    -> { [0].pack('b') }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "encodes one bit for each character starting with the most significant bit" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/buffer_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/buffer_spec.rb
index ecb40bfd06..d104c80186 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/buffer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/buffer_spec.rb
@@ -7,43 +7,53 @@ describe "Array#pack with :buffer option" do
     n = [ 65, 66, 67 ]
     buffer = " "*3
     result = n.pack("ccc", buffer: buffer)      #=> "ABC"
-    result.should equal(buffer)
+    result.should.equal?(buffer)
   end
 
   it "adds result at the end of buffer content" do
     n = [ 65, 66, 67 ] # result without buffer is "ABC"
 
-    buffer = ""
+    buffer = +""
     n.pack("ccc", buffer: buffer).should == "ABC"
 
-    buffer = "123"
+    buffer = +"123"
     n.pack("ccc", buffer: buffer).should == "123ABC"
 
-    buffer = "12345"
+    buffer = +"12345"
     n.pack("ccc", buffer: buffer).should == "12345ABC"
   end
 
   it "raises TypeError exception if buffer is not String" do
-    -> { [65].pack("ccc", buffer: []) }.should raise_error(
+    -> { [65].pack("ccc", buffer: []) }.should.raise(
       TypeError, "buffer must be String, not Array")
   end
 
+  it "raise FrozenError if buffer is frozen" do
+    -> { [65].pack("c", buffer: "frozen-string".freeze) }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+  end
+
+  it "preserves the encoding of the given buffer" do
+    buffer = ''.encode(Encoding::ISO_8859_1)
+    [65, 66, 67].pack("ccc", buffer: buffer)
+    buffer.encoding.should == Encoding::ISO_8859_1
+  end
+
   context "offset (@) is specified" do
     it 'keeps buffer content if it is longer than offset' do
       n = [ 65, 66, 67 ]
-      buffer = "123456"
+      buffer = +"123456"
       n.pack("@3ccc", buffer: buffer).should == "123ABC"
     end
 
     it "fills the gap with \\0 if buffer content is shorter than offset" do
       n = [ 65, 66, 67 ]
-      buffer = "123"
+      buffer = +"123"
       n.pack("@6ccc", buffer: buffer).should == "123\0\0\0ABC"
     end
 
     it 'does not keep buffer content if it is longer than offset + result' do
       n = [ 65, 66, 67 ]
-      buffer = "1234567890"
+      buffer = +"1234567890"
       n.pack("@3ccc", buffer: buffer).should == "123ABC"
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/c_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/c_spec.rb
index ac133ff9b6..de06207a23 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/c_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/c_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# encoding: binary
 
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
@@ -45,20 +45,10 @@ describe :array_pack_8bit, shared: true do
     [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].pack(pack_format('*')).should == "\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05"
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ""..."3.3" do
-    it "ignores NULL bytes between directives" do
-      suppress_warning do
-        [1, 2, 3].pack(pack_format("\000", 2)).should == "\x01\x02"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
-    it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
-      -> {
-        [1, 2, 3].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-      }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
-    end
+  it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
+    -> {
+      [1, 2, 3].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
   end
 
   it "ignores spaces between directives" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/comment_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/comment_spec.rb
index 254c827ccc..daf1cff06a 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/comment_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/comment_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# encoding: binary
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/h_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/h_spec.rb
index 2c1dac8d4a..1492d02b1f 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/h_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/h_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# encoding: binary
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 require_relative 'shared/basic'
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'H'" do
   end
 
   it "will not implicitly convert a number to a string" do
-    -> { [0].pack('H') }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-    -> { [0].pack('h') }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [0].pack('H') }.should.raise(TypeError)
+    -> { [0].pack('h') }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "encodes the first character as the most significant nibble when passed no count modifier" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/l_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/l_spec.rb
index b446a7a36a..f6dfb1da83 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/l_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/l_spec.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'L'" do
     it_behaves_like :array_pack_32bit_be, 'L>'
   end
 
-  platform_is wordsize: 32 do
+  platform_is c_long_size: 32 do
     describe "with modifier '<' and '_'" do
       it_behaves_like :array_pack_32bit_le, 'L<_'
       it_behaves_like :array_pack_32bit_le, 'L_<'
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'L'" do
     end
   end
 
-  platform_is wordsize: 64 do
+  platform_is c_long_size: 64 do
     describe "with modifier '<' and '_'" do
       it_behaves_like :array_pack_64bit_le, 'L<_'
       it_behaves_like :array_pack_64bit_le, 'L_<'
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'l'" do
     it_behaves_like :array_pack_32bit_be, 'l>'
   end
 
-  platform_is wordsize: 32 do
+  platform_is c_long_size: 32 do
     describe "with modifier '<' and '_'" do
       it_behaves_like :array_pack_32bit_le, 'l<_'
       it_behaves_like :array_pack_32bit_le, 'l_<'
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'l'" do
     end
   end
 
-  platform_is wordsize: 64 do
+  platform_is c_long_size: 64 do
     describe "with modifier '<' and '_'" do
       it_behaves_like :array_pack_64bit_le, 'l<_'
       it_behaves_like :array_pack_64bit_le, 'l_<'
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ little_endian do
     it_behaves_like :array_pack_32bit_le, 'l'
   end
 
-  platform_is wordsize: 32 do
+  platform_is c_long_size: 32 do
     describe "Array#pack with format 'L' with modifier '_'" do
       it_behaves_like :array_pack_32bit_le, 'L_'
     end
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ little_endian do
     end
   end
 
-  platform_is wordsize: 64 do
+  platform_is c_long_size: 64 do
     describe "Array#pack with format 'L' with modifier '_'" do
       it_behaves_like :array_pack_64bit_le, 'L_'
     end
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ big_endian do
     it_behaves_like :array_pack_32bit_be, 'l'
   end
 
-  platform_is wordsize: 32 do
+  platform_is c_long_size: 32 do
     describe "Array#pack with format 'L' with modifier '_'" do
       it_behaves_like :array_pack_32bit_be, 'L_'
     end
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ big_endian do
     end
   end
 
-  platform_is wordsize: 64 do
+  platform_is c_long_size: 64 do
     describe "Array#pack with format 'L' with modifier '_'" do
       it_behaves_like :array_pack_64bit_be, 'L_'
     end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/m_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/m_spec.rb
index c6364af12d..fb670d120e 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/m_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/m_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# encoding: binary
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 require_relative 'shared/basic'
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'M'" do
 
   it "encodes a recursive array" do
     empty = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
-    empty.pack('M').should be_an_instance_of(String)
+    empty.pack('M').should.instance_of?(String)
 
     array = ArraySpecs.recursive_array
     array.pack('M').should == "1=\n"
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'M'" do
     obj = mock("pack M non-string")
     obj.should_receive(:to_s).and_return(2)
 
-    [obj].pack("M").should be_an_instance_of(String)
+    [obj].pack("M").should.instance_of?(String)
   end
 
   it "encodes a Symbol as a String" do
@@ -293,16 +293,16 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'm'" do
 
   it "raises a TypeError if #to_str does not return a String" do
     obj = mock("pack m non-string")
-    -> { [obj].pack("m") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [obj].pack("m") }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if passed nil" do
-    -> { [nil].pack("m") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [nil].pack("m") }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if passed an Integer" do
-    -> { [0].pack("m") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-    -> { [bignum_value].pack("m") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [0].pack("m") }.should.raise(TypeError)
+    -> { [bignum_value].pack("m") }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "does not emit a newline if passed zero as the count modifier" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/percent_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/percent_spec.rb
index 5d56dea5fe..29b119732a 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/percent_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/percent_spec.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 
 describe "Array#pack with format '%'" do
   it "raises an Argument Error" do
-    -> { [1].pack("%") }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [1].pack("%") }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/r_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/r_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cefe1388d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/r_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# encoding: binary
+require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
+require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
+require_relative 'shared/basic'
+require_relative 'shared/numeric_basic'
+require_relative 'shared/integer'
+
+ruby_version_is "4.1" do
+  describe "Array#pack with format 'R'" do
+    it_behaves_like :array_pack_basic, 'R'
+    it_behaves_like :array_pack_basic_non_float, 'R'
+    it_behaves_like :array_pack_arguments, 'R'
+    it_behaves_like :array_pack_numeric_basic, 'R'
+    it_behaves_like :array_pack_integer, 'R'
+
+    it "encodes a ULEB128 integer" do
+      [ [[0],            "\x00"],
+        [[1],            "\x01"],
+        [[127],          "\x7f"],
+        [[128],          "\x80\x01"],
+        [[0x3fff],       "\xff\x7f"],
+        [[0x4000],       "\x80\x80\x01"],
+        [[0xffffffff],   "\xff\xff\xff\xff\x0f"],
+        [[0x100000000],  "\x80\x80\x80\x80\x10"],
+        [[0xffff_ffff_ffff_ffff], "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x01"],
+        [[0xffff_ffff_ffff_ffff_ffff_ffff], "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x1f"],
+      ].should be_computed_by(:pack, "R")
+    end
+
+    it "encodes multiple values with '*' modifier" do
+      [1, 2].pack("R*").should == "\x01\x02"
+      [127, 128].pack("R*").should == "\x7f\x80\x01"
+    end
+
+    it "raises an ArgumentError when passed a negative value" do
+      -> { [-1].pack("R") }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
+      -> { [-100].pack("R") }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
+    end
+
+    it "round-trips values through pack and unpack" do
+      values = [0, 1, 127, 128, 0x3fff, 0x4000, 0xffffffff, 0x100000000]
+      values.pack("R*").unpack("R*").should == values
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "Array#pack with format 'r'" do
+    it_behaves_like :array_pack_basic, 'r'
+    it_behaves_like :array_pack_basic_non_float, 'r'
+    it_behaves_like :array_pack_arguments, 'r'
+    it_behaves_like :array_pack_numeric_basic, 'r'
+    it_behaves_like :array_pack_integer, 'r'
+
+    it "encodes a SLEB128 integer" do
+      [ [[0],     "\x00"],
+        [[1],     "\x01"],
+        [[-1],    "\x7f"],
+        [[-2],    "\x7e"],
+        [[127],   "\xff\x00"],
+        [[128],   "\x80\x01"],
+        [[-127],  "\x81\x7f"],
+        [[-128],  "\x80\x7f"],
+      ].should be_computed_by(:pack, "r")
+    end
+
+    it "encodes larger positive numbers" do
+      [0x3fff].pack("r").should == "\xff\xff\x00"
+      [0x4000].pack("r").should == "\x80\x80\x01"
+    end
+
+    it "encodes larger negative numbers" do
+      [-0x3fff].pack("r").should == "\x81\x80\x7f"
+      [-0x4000].pack("r").should == "\x80\x80\x7f"
+    end
+
+    it "encodes very large numbers" do
+      [0xffff_ffff_ffff_ffff_ffff_ffff].pack("r").should == "\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\x1F"
+      [-0xffff_ffff_ffff_ffff_ffff_ffff].pack("r").should == "\x81\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x60"
+    end
+
+    it "encodes multiple values with '*' modifier" do
+      [0, 1, -1].pack("r*").should == "\x00\x01\x7f"
+    end
+
+    it "round-trips values through pack and unpack" do
+      values = [0, 1, -1, 127, -127, 128, -128, 0x3fff, -0x3fff, 0x4000, -0x4000]
+      values.pack("r*").unpack("r*").should == values
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/basic.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/basic.rb
index 5e3eea55f9..2894369c71 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/basic.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/basic.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 describe :array_pack_arguments, shared: true do
   it "raises an ArgumentError if there are fewer elements than the format requires" do
-    -> { [].pack(pack_format(1)) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [].pack(pack_format(1)) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 end
 
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ describe :array_pack_basic, shared: true do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when passed nil" do
-    -> { [@obj].pack(nil) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [@obj].pack(nil) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when passed an Integer" do
-    -> { [@obj].pack(1) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [@obj].pack(1) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 end
 
@@ -24,74 +24,50 @@ describe :array_pack_basic_non_float, shared: true do
   end
 
   it "ignores whitespace in the format string" do
-    [@obj, @obj].pack("a \t\n\v\f\r"+pack_format).should be_an_instance_of(String)
+    [@obj, @obj].pack("a \t\n\v\f\r"+pack_format).should.instance_of?(String)
   end
 
   it "ignores comments in the format string" do
     # 2 additional directives ('a') are required for the X directive
-    [@obj, @obj, @obj, @obj].pack("aa #{pack_format} # some comment \n#{pack_format}").should be_an_instance_of(String)
+    [@obj, @obj, @obj, @obj].pack("aa #{pack_format} # some comment \n#{pack_format}").should.instance_of?(String)
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ""..."3.2" do
-    it "warns in verbose mode that a directive is unknown" do
-      # additional directive ('a') is required for the X directive
-      -> { [@obj, @obj].pack("a R" + pack_format) }.should complain(/unknown pack directive 'R'/, verbose: true)
-      -> { [@obj, @obj].pack("a 0" + pack_format) }.should complain(/unknown pack directive '0'/, verbose: true)
-      -> { [@obj, @obj].pack("a :" + pack_format) }.should complain(/unknown pack directive ':'/, verbose: true)
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.2"..."3.3" do
-    # https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19150
-    # NOTE: it's just a plan of the Ruby core team
-    it "warns that a directive is unknown" do
-      # additional directive ('a') is required for the X directive
-      -> { [@obj, @obj].pack("a R" + pack_format) }.should complain(/unknown pack directive 'R'/)
-      -> { [@obj, @obj].pack("a 0" + pack_format) }.should complain(/unknown pack directive '0'/)
-      -> { [@obj, @obj].pack("a :" + pack_format) }.should complain(/unknown pack directive ':'/)
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
-    # https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19150
-    # NOTE: Added this case just to not forget about the decision in the ticket
-    it "raise ArgumentError when a directive is unknown" do
-      # additional directive ('a') is required for the X directive
-      -> { [@obj, @obj].pack("a R" + pack_format) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
-      -> { [@obj, @obj].pack("a 0" + pack_format) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
-      -> { [@obj, @obj].pack("a :" + pack_format) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
-    end
+  it "raise ArgumentError when a directive is unknown" do
+    # additional directive ('a') is required for the X directive
+    -> { [@obj, @obj].pack("a K" + pack_format) }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive 'K'/)
+    -> { [@obj, @obj].pack("a 0" + pack_format) }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive '0'/)
+    -> { [@obj, @obj].pack("a :" + pack_format) }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive ':'/)
   end
 
   it "calls #to_str to coerce the directives string" do
     d = mock("pack directive")
     d.should_receive(:to_str).and_return("x"+pack_format)
-    [@obj, @obj].pack(d).should be_an_instance_of(String)
+    [@obj, @obj].pack(d).should.instance_of?(String)
   end
 end
 
 describe :array_pack_basic_float, shared: true do
   it "ignores whitespace in the format string" do
-    [9.3, 4.7].pack(" \t\n\v\f\r"+pack_format).should be_an_instance_of(String)
+    [9.3, 4.7].pack(" \t\n\v\f\r"+pack_format).should.instance_of?(String)
   end
 
   it "ignores comments in the format string" do
-    [9.3, 4.7].pack(pack_format + "# some comment \n" + pack_format).should be_an_instance_of(String)
+    [9.3, 4.7].pack(pack_format + "# some comment \n" + pack_format).should.instance_of?(String)
   end
 
   it "calls #to_str to coerce the directives string" do
     d = mock("pack directive")
     d.should_receive(:to_str).and_return("x"+pack_format)
-    [1.2, 4.7].pack(d).should be_an_instance_of(String)
+    [1.2, 4.7].pack(d).should.instance_of?(String)
   end
 end
 
 describe :array_pack_no_platform, shared: true do
   it "raises ArgumentError when the format modifier is '_'" do
-    ->{ [1].pack(pack_format("_")) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    ->{ [1].pack(pack_format("_")) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "raises ArgumentError when the format modifier is '!'" do
-    ->{ [1].pack(pack_format("!")) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    ->{ [1].pack(pack_format("!")) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/encodings.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/encodings.rb
index 6b7ffac764..0b5a5cc8a0 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/encodings.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/encodings.rb
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ describe :array_pack_hex, shared: true do
 
   it "raises a TypeError if the object does not respond to #to_str" do
     obj = mock("pack hex non-string")
-    -> { [obj].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [obj].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if #to_str does not return a String" do
     obj = mock("pack hex non-string")
     obj.should_receive(:to_str).and_return(1)
-    -> { [obj].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [obj].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/float.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/float.rb
index 1780d7635e..c1efcd7677 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/float.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/float.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# encoding: binary
 
 describe :array_pack_float_le, shared: true do
   it "encodes a positive Float" do
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe :array_pack_float_le, shared: true do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if passed a String representation of a floating point number" do
-    -> { ["13"].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { ["13"].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "encodes the number of array elements specified by the count modifier" do
@@ -25,20 +25,10 @@ describe :array_pack_float_le, shared: true do
     [2.9, 1.4, 8.2].pack(pack_format("*")).should == "\x9a\x999@33\xb3?33\x03A"
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ""..."3.3" do
-    it "ignores NULL bytes between directives" do
-      suppress_warning do
-        [5.3, 9.2].pack(pack_format("\000", 2)).should == "\x9a\x99\xa9@33\x13A"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
-    it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
-      -> {
-        [5.3, 9.2].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-      }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
-    end
+  it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
+    -> {
+      [5.3, 9.2].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
   end
 
   it "ignores spaces between directives" do
@@ -55,7 +45,7 @@ describe :array_pack_float_le, shared: true do
 
   it "encodes NaN" do
     nans = ["\x00\x00\xc0\xff", "\x00\x00\xc0\x7f", "\xFF\xFF\xFF\x7F"]
-    nans.should include([nan_value].pack(pack_format))
+    nans.should.include?([nan_value].pack(pack_format))
   end
 
   it "encodes a positive Float outside the range of a single precision float" do
@@ -94,7 +84,7 @@ describe :array_pack_float_be, shared: true do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if passed a String representation of a floating point number" do
-    -> { ["13"].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { ["13"].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "encodes the number of array elements specified by the count modifier" do
@@ -105,20 +95,10 @@ describe :array_pack_float_be, shared: true do
     [2.9, 1.4, 8.2].pack(pack_format("*")).should == "@9\x99\x9a?\xb333A\x0333"
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ""..."3.3" do
-    it "ignores NULL bytes between directives" do
-      suppress_warning do
-        [5.3, 9.2].pack(pack_format("\000", 2)).should == "@\xa9\x99\x9aA\x1333"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
-    it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
-      -> {
-        [5.3, 9.2].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-      }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
-    end
+  it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
+    -> {
+      [5.3, 9.2].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
   end
 
   it "ignores spaces between directives" do
@@ -135,7 +115,7 @@ describe :array_pack_float_be, shared: true do
 
   it "encodes NaN" do
     nans = ["\xff\xc0\x00\x00", "\x7f\xc0\x00\x00", "\x7F\xFF\xFF\xFF"]
-    nans.should include([nan_value].pack(pack_format))
+    nans.should.include?([nan_value].pack(pack_format))
   end
 
   it "encodes a positive Float outside the range of a single precision float" do
@@ -166,7 +146,7 @@ describe :array_pack_double_le, shared: true do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if passed a String representation of a floating point number" do
-    -> { ["13"].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { ["13"].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "encodes the number of array elements specified by the count modifier" do
@@ -177,20 +157,10 @@ describe :array_pack_double_le, shared: true do
     [2.9, 1.4, 8.2].pack(pack_format("*")).should == "333333\x07@ffffff\xf6?ffffff\x20@"
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ""..."3.3" do
-    it "ignores NULL bytes between directives" do
-      suppress_warning do
-        [5.3, 9.2].pack(pack_format("\000", 2)).should == "333333\x15@ffffff\x22@"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
-    it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
-      -> {
-        [5.3, 9.2].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-      }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
-    end
+  it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
+    -> {
+      [5.3, 9.2].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
   end
 
   it "ignores spaces between directives" do
@@ -211,7 +181,7 @@ describe :array_pack_double_le, shared: true do
       "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xf8\x7f",
       "\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\x7F"
     ]
-    nans.should include([nan_value].pack(pack_format))
+    nans.should.include?([nan_value].pack(pack_format))
   end
 
   it "encodes a positive Float outside the range of a single precision float" do
@@ -237,7 +207,7 @@ describe :array_pack_double_be, shared: true do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if passed a String representation of a floating point number" do
-    -> { ["13"].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { ["13"].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "encodes the number of array elements specified by the count modifier" do
@@ -248,20 +218,10 @@ describe :array_pack_double_be, shared: true do
     [2.9, 1.4, 8.2].pack(pack_format("*")).should == "@\x07333333?\xf6ffffff@\x20ffffff"
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ""..."3.3" do
-    it "ignores NULL bytes between directives" do
-      suppress_warning do
-        [5.3, 9.2].pack(pack_format("\000", 2)).should == "@\x15333333@\x22ffffff"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
-    it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
-      -> {
-        [5.3, 9.2].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-      }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
-    end
+  it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
+    -> {
+      [5.3, 9.2].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
   end
 
   it "ignores spaces between directives" do
@@ -282,7 +242,7 @@ describe :array_pack_double_be, shared: true do
       "\x7f\xf8\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00",
       "\x7F\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF"
     ]
-    nans.should include([nan_value].pack(pack_format))
+    nans.should.include?([nan_value].pack(pack_format))
   end
 
   it "encodes a positive Float outside the range of a single precision float" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/integer.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/integer.rb
index fd21b25b19..1cdd386cc1 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/integer.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/integer.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# encoding: binary
 
 describe :array_pack_16bit_le, shared: true do
   it "encodes the least significant 16 bits of a positive number" do
@@ -41,21 +41,10 @@ describe :array_pack_16bit_le, shared: true do
     str.should == "\x78\x65\xcd\xab\x21\x43"
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ""..."3.3" do
-    it "ignores NULL bytes between directives" do
-      suppress_warning do
-        str = [0x1243_6578, 0xdef0_abcd].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-        str.should == "\x78\x65\xcd\xab"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
-    it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
-      -> {
-        [0x1243_6578, 0xdef0_abcd].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-      }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
-    end
+  it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
+    -> {
+      [0x1243_6578, 0xdef0_abcd].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
   end
 
   it "ignores spaces between directives" do
@@ -105,21 +94,10 @@ describe :array_pack_16bit_be, shared: true do
     str.should == "\x65\x78\xab\xcd\x43\x21"
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ""..."3.3" do
-    it "ignores NULL bytes between directives" do
-      suppress_warning do
-        str = [0x1243_6578, 0xdef0_abcd].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-        str.should == "\x65\x78\xab\xcd"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
-    it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
-      -> {
-        [0x1243_6578, 0xdef0_abcd].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-      }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
-    end
+  it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
+    -> {
+      [0x1243_6578, 0xdef0_abcd].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
   end
 
   it "ignores spaces between directives" do
@@ -169,21 +147,10 @@ describe :array_pack_32bit_le, shared: true do
     str.should == "\x78\x65\x43\x12\xcd\xab\xf0\xde\x21\x43\x65\x78"
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ""..."3.3" do
-    it "ignores NULL bytes between directives" do
-      suppress_warning do
-        str = [0x1243_6578, 0xdef0_abcd].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-        str.should == "\x78\x65\x43\x12\xcd\xab\xf0\xde"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
-    it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
-      -> {
-        [0x1243_6578, 0xdef0_abcd].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-      }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
-    end
+  it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
+    -> {
+      [0x1243_6578, 0xdef0_abcd].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
   end
 
   it "ignores spaces between directives" do
@@ -233,21 +200,10 @@ describe :array_pack_32bit_be, shared: true do
     str.should == "\x12\x43\x65\x78\xde\xf0\xab\xcd\x78\x65\x43\x21"
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ""..."3.3" do
-    it "ignores NULL bytes between directives" do
-      suppress_warning do
-        str = [0x1243_6578, 0xdef0_abcd].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-        str.should == "\x12\x43\x65\x78\xde\xf0\xab\xcd"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
-    it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
-      -> {
-        [0x1243_6578, 0xdef0_abcd].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-      }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
-    end
+  it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
+    -> {
+      [0x1243_6578, 0xdef0_abcd].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
   end
 
   it "ignores spaces between directives" do
@@ -273,7 +229,7 @@ describe :array_pack_32bit_le_platform, shared: true do
     str.should == "\x78\x65\x43\x12\xcd\xab\xf0\xde\x21\x43\x65\x78"
   end
 
-  platform_is wordsize: 64 do
+  platform_is c_long_size: 64 do
     it "encodes the least significant 32 bits of a number that is greater than 32 bits" do
       [ [[0xff_7865_4321],  "\x21\x43\x65\x78"],
         [[-0xff_7865_4321], "\xdf\xbc\x9a\x87"]
@@ -299,7 +255,7 @@ describe :array_pack_32bit_be_platform, shared: true do
     str.should == "\x12\x43\x65\x78\xde\xf0\xab\xcd\x78\x65\x43\x21"
   end
 
-  platform_is wordsize: 64 do
+  platform_is c_long_size: 64 do
     it "encodes the least significant 32 bits of a number that is greater than 32 bits" do
       [ [[0xff_7865_4321],  "\x78\x65\x43\x21"],
         [[-0xff_7865_4321], "\x87\x9a\xbc\xdf"]
@@ -357,21 +313,10 @@ describe :array_pack_64bit_le, shared: true do
     str.should == "\x56\x78\x12\x34\xcd\xab\xf0\xde\xf0\xde\xba\xdc\x21\x43\x65\x78"
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ""..."3.3" do
-    it "ignores NULL bytes between directives" do
-      suppress_warning do
-        str = [0xdef0_abcd_3412_7856, 0x7865_4321_dcba_def0].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-        str.should == "\x56\x78\x12\x34\xcd\xab\xf0\xde\xf0\xde\xba\xdc\x21\x43\x65\x78"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
-    it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
-      -> {
-        [0xdef0_abcd_3412_7856, 0x7865_4321_dcba_def0].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-      }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
-    end
+  it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
+    -> {
+      [0xdef0_abcd_3412_7856, 0x7865_4321_dcba_def0].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
   end
 
   it "ignores spaces between directives" do
@@ -429,21 +374,10 @@ describe :array_pack_64bit_be, shared: true do
     str.should == "\xde\xf0\xab\xcd\x34\x12\x78\x56\x78\x65\x43\x21\xdc\xba\xde\xf0"
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ""..."3.3" do
-    it "ignores NULL bytes between directives" do
-      suppress_warning do
-        str = [0xdef0_abcd_3412_7856, 0x7865_4321_dcba_def0].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-        str.should == "\xde\xf0\xab\xcd\x34\x12\x78\x56\x78\x65\x43\x21\xdc\xba\xde\xf0"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
-    it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
-      -> {
-        [0xdef0_abcd_3412_7856, 0x7865_4321_dcba_def0].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
-      }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
-    end
+  it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
+    -> {
+      [0xdef0_abcd_3412_7856, 0x7865_4321_dcba_def0].pack(pack_format("\000", 2))
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
   end
 
   it "ignores spaces between directives" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/numeric_basic.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/numeric_basic.rb
index 545e215e64..6594914933 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/numeric_basic.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/numeric_basic.rb
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ describe :array_pack_numeric_basic, shared: true do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when passed nil" do
-    -> { [nil].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [nil].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when passed true" do
-    -> { [true].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [true].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when passed false" do
-    -> { [false].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [false].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "returns a binary string" do
@@ -24,27 +24,27 @@ end
 describe :array_pack_integer, shared: true do
   it "raises a TypeError when the object does not respond to #to_int" do
     obj = mock('not an integer')
-    -> { [obj].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [obj].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when passed a String" do
-    -> { ["5"].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { ["5"].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 end
 
 describe :array_pack_float, shared: true do
   it "raises a TypeError if a String does not represent a floating point number" do
-    -> { ["a"].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { ["a"].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when the object is not Numeric" do
     obj = Object.new
-    -> { [obj].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError, /can't convert Object into Float/)
+    -> { [obj].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError, /can't convert Object into Float/)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when the Numeric object does not respond to #to_f" do
     klass = Class.new(Numeric)
     obj = klass.new
-    -> { [obj].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [obj].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/string.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/string.rb
index 8c82e8c617..b02257059f 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/string.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/string.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# encoding: binary
 describe :array_pack_string, shared: true do
   it "adds count bytes of a String to the output" do
     ["abc"].pack(pack_format(2)).should == "ab"
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ describe :array_pack_string, shared: true do
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError when the Array is empty" do
-    -> { [].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError when the Array has too few elements" do
-    -> { ["a"].pack(pack_format(nil, 2)) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { ["a"].pack(pack_format(nil, 2)) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "calls #to_str to convert the element to a String" do
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ describe :array_pack_string, shared: true do
 
   it "raises a TypeError when the object does not respond to #to_str" do
     obj = mock("not a string")
-    -> { [obj].pack(pack_format) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [obj].pack(pack_format) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "returns a string in encoding of common to the concatenated results" do
     f = pack_format("*")
     [ [["\u{3042 3044 3046 3048}", 0x2000B].pack(f+"U"),       Encoding::BINARY],
       [["abcde\xd1", "\xFF\xFe\x81\x82"].pack(f+"u"),          Encoding::BINARY],
-      [["a".force_encoding("ascii"), "\xFF\xFe\x81\x82"].pack(f+"u"), Encoding::BINARY],
+      [["a".dup.force_encoding("ascii"), "\xFF\xFe\x81\x82"].pack(f+"u"), Encoding::BINARY],
       # under discussion [ruby-dev:37294]
       [["\u{3042 3044 3046 3048}", 1].pack(f+"N"),             Encoding::BINARY]
     ].should be_computed_by(:encoding)
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/unicode.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/unicode.rb
index 4d8eaef323..58ba8a8b23 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/unicode.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/shared/unicode.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe :array_pack_unicode, shared: true do
   it "constructs strings with valid encodings" do
     str = [0x85].pack("U*")
     str.should == "\xc2\x85"
-    str.valid_encoding?.should be_true
+    str.valid_encoding?.should == true
   end
 
   it "encodes values larger than UTF-8 max codepoints" do
@@ -64,23 +64,13 @@ describe :array_pack_unicode, shared: true do
   it "raises a TypeError if #to_int does not return an Integer" do
     obj = mock('to_int')
     obj.should_receive(:to_int).and_return("5")
-    -> { [obj].pack("U") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [obj].pack("U") }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ""..."3.3" do
-    it "ignores NULL bytes between directives" do
-      suppress_warning do
-        [1, 2, 3].pack("U\x00U").should == "\x01\x02"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
-    it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
-      -> {
-        [1, 2, 3].pack("U\x00U")
-      }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
-    end
+  it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
+    -> {
+      [1, 2, 3].pack("U\x00U")
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
   end
 
   it "ignores spaces between directives" do
@@ -88,11 +78,11 @@ describe :array_pack_unicode, shared: true do
   end
 
   it "raises a RangeError if passed a negative number" do
-    -> { [-1].pack("U") }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+    -> { [-1].pack("U") }.should.raise(RangeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a RangeError if passed a number larger than an unsigned 32-bit integer" do
-    -> { [2**32].pack("U") }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+    -> { [2**32].pack("U") }.should.raise(RangeError)
   end
 
   it "sets the output string to UTF-8 encoding" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/u_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/u_spec.rb
index b20093a647..c6a0d77eb2 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/u_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/u_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# encoding: binary
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 require_relative 'shared/basic'
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'u'" do
   end
 
   it "will not implicitly convert a number to a string" do
-    -> { [0].pack('u') }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [0].pack('u') }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "encodes an empty string as an empty string" do
@@ -122,16 +122,16 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'u'" do
 
   it "raises a TypeError if #to_str does not return a String" do
     obj = mock("pack m non-string")
-    -> { [obj].pack("u") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [obj].pack("u") }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if passed nil" do
-    -> { [nil].pack("u") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [nil].pack("u") }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if passed an Integer" do
-    -> { [0].pack("u") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-    -> { [bignum_value].pack("u") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [0].pack("u") }.should.raise(TypeError)
+    -> { [bignum_value].pack("u") }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "sets the output string to US-ASCII encoding" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/w_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/w_spec.rb
index 48ed4496a5..263e2a2288 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/w_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/w_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# encoding: binary
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 require_relative 'shared/basic'
@@ -24,20 +24,10 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'w'" do
     [obj].pack("w").should == "\x05"
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ""..."3.3" do
-    it "ignores NULL bytes between directives" do
-      suppress_warning do
-        [1, 2, 3].pack("w\x00w").should == "\x01\x02"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
-    it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
-      -> {
-        [1, 2, 3].pack("w\x00w")
-      }.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
-    end
+  it "raise ArgumentError for NULL bytes between directives" do
+    -> {
+      [1, 2, 3].pack("w\x00w")
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError, /unknown pack directive/)
   end
 
   it "ignores spaces between directives" do
@@ -45,7 +35,7 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'w'" do
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError when passed a negative value" do
-    -> { [-1].pack("w") }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [-1].pack("w") }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "returns a binary string" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/x_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/x_spec.rb
index 86c3ad1aa4..7ff587a01e 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/x_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/x_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# encoding: binary
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 require_relative 'shared/basic'
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'X'" do
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError if the output string is empty" do
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].pack("XC") }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].pack("XC") }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError if the count modifier is greater than the bytes in the string" do
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].pack("C2X3") }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].pack("C2X3") }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/z_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/z_spec.rb
index 5ad3afd69e..5cd084c825 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/z_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pack/z_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# encoding: binary
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 require_relative 'shared/basic'
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ describe "Array#pack with format 'Z'" do
   end
 
   it "will not implicitly convert a number to a string" do
-    -> { [0].pack('Z') }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [0].pack('Z') }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "adds all the bytes and appends a NULL byte when passed the '*' modifier" do
     ["abc"].pack("Z*").should == "abc\x00"
   end
 
-  it "padds the output with NULL bytes when the count exceeds the size of the String" do
+  it "pads the output with NULL bytes when the count exceeds the size of the String" do
     ["abc"].pack("Z6").should == "abc\x00\x00\x00"
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/partition_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/partition_spec.rb
index be36fffcab..bd3f3a6b6f 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/partition_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/partition_spec.rb
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ describe "Array#partition" do
 
   it "does not return subclass instances on Array subclasses" do
     result = ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].partition { |x| x % 2 == 0 }
-    result.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    result[0].should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    result[1].should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    result.should.instance_of?(Array)
+    result[0].should.instance_of?(Array)
+    result[1].should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/permutation_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/permutation_spec.rb
index f15bd76639..b5df84b52b 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/permutation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/permutation_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe "Array#permutation" do
 
   it "returns an Enumerator of all permutations when called without a block or arguments" do
     enum = @numbers.permutation
-    enum.should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
+    enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
     enum.to_a.sort.should == [
       [1,2,3],[1,3,2],[2,1,3],[2,3,1],[3,1,2],[3,2,1]
     ].sort
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ describe "Array#permutation" do
 
   it "returns an Enumerator of permutations of given length when called with an argument but no block" do
     enum = @numbers.permutation(1)
-    enum.should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
+    enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
     enum.to_a.sort.should == [[1],[2],[3]]
   end
 
   it "yields all permutations to the block then returns self when called with block but no arguments" do
     array = @numbers.permutation {|n| @yielded << n}
-    array.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    array.should.instance_of?(Array)
     array.sort.should == @numbers.sort
     @yielded.sort.should == [
       [1,2,3],[1,3,2],[2,1,3],[2,3,1],[3,1,2],[3,2,1]
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe "Array#permutation" do
 
   it "yields all permutations of given length to the block then returns self when called with block and argument" do
     array = @numbers.permutation(2) {|n| @yielded << n}
-    array.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    array.should.instance_of?(Array)
     array.sort.should == @numbers.sort
     @yielded.sort.should == [[1,2],[1,3],[2,1],[2,3],[3,1],[3,2]].sort
   end
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe "Array#permutation" do
        [3, 1],      [3, 2],      [3, [4, 5]],
       [[4, 5], 1], [[4, 5], 2], [[4, 5], 3]
     ]
-    expected.each {|e| got.include?(e).should be_true}
+    expected.each {|e| got.include?(e).should == true}
     got.size.should == expected.size
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/plus_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/plus_spec.rb
index 635bd131c9..7ead927fc0 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/plus_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/plus_spec.rb
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ describe "Array#+" do
       ([1, 2, 3] + obj).should == [1, 2, 3, "x", "y"]
     end
 
-    it "raises a Typeerror if the given argument can't be converted to an array" do
-      -> { [1, 2, 3] + nil }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-      -> { [1, 2, 3] + "abc" }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    it "raises a TypeError if the given argument can't be converted to an array" do
+      -> { [1, 2, 3] + nil }.should.raise(TypeError)
+      -> { [1, 2, 3] + "abc" }.should.raise(TypeError)
     end
 
     it "raises a NoMethodError if the given argument raises a NoMethodError during type coercion to an Array" do
       obj = mock("hello")
       obj.should_receive(:to_ary).and_raise(NoMethodError)
-      -> { [1, 2, 3] + obj }.should raise_error(NoMethodError)
+      -> { [1, 2, 3] + obj }.should.raise(NoMethodError)
     end
   end
 
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ describe "Array#+" do
   end
 
   it "does return subclass instances with Array subclasses" do
-    (ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3] + []).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    (ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3] + ArraySpecs::MyArray[]).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ([1, 2, 3] + ArraySpecs::MyArray[]).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    (ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3] + []).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    (ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3] + ArraySpecs::MyArray[]).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ([1, 2, 3] + ArraySpecs::MyArray[]).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "does not call to_ary on array subclasses" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/pop_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/pop_spec.rb
index 2a19408660..069083331c 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/pop_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/pop_spec.rb
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ describe "Array#pop" do
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.pop }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.pop }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on an empty frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.pop }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.pop }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   describe "passed a number n as an argument" do
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ describe "Array#pop" do
       popped2.should == []
       a.should == []
 
-      popped1.should_not equal(popped2)
+      popped1.should_not.equal?(popped2)
     end
 
     it "returns whole elements if n exceeds size of the array" do
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ describe "Array#pop" do
 
     it "does not return self even when it returns whole elements" do
       a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-      a.pop(5).should_not equal(a)
+      a.pop(5).should_not.equal?(a)
 
       a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-      a.pop(6).should_not equal(a)
+      a.pop(6).should_not.equal?(a)
     end
 
     it "raises an ArgumentError if n is negative" do
-      ->{ [1, 2, 3].pop(-1) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+      ->{ [1, 2, 3].pop(-1) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
     end
 
     it "tries to convert n to an Integer using #to_int" do
@@ -104,21 +104,21 @@ describe "Array#pop" do
     end
 
     it "raises a TypeError when the passed n cannot be coerced to Integer" do
-      ->{ [1, 2].pop("cat") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-      ->{ [1, 2].pop(nil) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+      ->{ [1, 2].pop("cat") }.should.raise(TypeError)
+      ->{ [1, 2].pop(nil) }.should.raise(TypeError)
     end
 
     it "raises an ArgumentError if more arguments are passed" do
-      ->{ [1, 2].pop(1, 2) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+      ->{ [1, 2].pop(1, 2) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
     end
 
     it "does not return subclass instances with Array subclass" do
-      ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].pop(2).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+      ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].pop(2).should.instance_of?(Array)
     end
 
     it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-      -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.pop(2) }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-      -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.pop(0) }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+      -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.pop(2) }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+      -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.pop(0) }.should.raise(FrozenError)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/prepend_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/prepend_spec.rb
index 368b8dcfcd..2d0ce31c71 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/prepend_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/prepend_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/unshift'
 
 describe "Array#prepend" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_unshift, :prepend
+  it "is an alias of Array#unshift" do
+    Array.instance_method(:prepend).should == Array.instance_method(:unshift)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/product_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/product_spec.rb
index 6fb3818508..837f0eaf34 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/product_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/product_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 
 describe "Array#product" do
   it "returns converted arguments using :to_ary" do
-    ->{ [1].product(2..3) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    ->{ [1].product(2..3) }.should.raise(TypeError)
     ar = ArraySpecs::ArrayConvertible.new(2,3)
     [1].product(ar).should == [[1,2],[1,3]]
     ar.called.should == :to_ary
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe "Array#product" do
     a = (0..100).to_a
     -> do
       a.product(a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a)
-    end.should raise_error(RangeError)
+    end.should.raise(RangeError)
   end
 
   describe "when given a block" do
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe "Array#product" do
 
       acc = []
       [1,2].product([3,4,5],[],[6,8]){|array| acc << array}
-      acc.should be_empty
+      acc.should.empty?
     end
 
     it "returns self" do
@@ -56,18 +56,18 @@ describe "Array#product" do
       a = (0..100).to_a
       -> do
         a.product(a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a)
-      end.should raise_error(RangeError)
+      end.should.raise(RangeError)
     end
   end
 
   describe "when given an empty block" do
     it "returns self" do
       arr = [1,2]
-      arr.product([3,4,5],[6,8]){}.should equal(arr)
+      arr.product([3,4,5],[6,8]){}.should.equal?(arr)
       arr = []
-      arr.product([3,4,5],[6,8]){}.should equal(arr)
+      arr.product([3,4,5],[6,8]){}.should.equal?(arr)
       arr = [1,2]
-      arr.product([]){}.should equal(arr)
+      arr.product([]){}.should.equal?(arr)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/push_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/push_spec.rb
index 607cbc7b4d..6255a84371 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/push_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/push_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,36 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/push'
 
 describe "Array#push" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_push, :push
+  it "appends the arguments to the array" do
+    a = [ "a", "b", "c" ]
+    a.push("d", "e", "f").should.equal?(a)
+    a.push.should == ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"]
+    a.push(5)
+    a.should == ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", 5]
+
+    a = [0, 1]
+    a.push(2)
+    a.should == [0, 1, 2]
+  end
+
+  it "isn't confused by previous shift" do
+    a = [ "a", "b", "c" ]
+    a.shift
+    a.push("foo")
+    a.should == ["b", "c", "foo"]
+  end
+
+  it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
+    empty = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
+    empty.push(:last).should == [empty, :last]
+
+    array = ArraySpecs.recursive_array
+    array.push(:last).should == [1, 'two', 3.0, array, array, array, array, array, :last]
+  end
+
+  it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.push(1) }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.push }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/rassoc_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/rassoc_spec.rb
index 62fbd40611..95e4ed1892 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/rassoc_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/rassoc_spec.rb
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ describe "Array#rassoc" do
 
   it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
     empty = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
-    empty.rassoc([]).should be_nil
+    empty.rassoc([]).should == nil
     [[empty, empty]].rassoc(empty).should == [empty, empty]
 
     array = ArraySpecs.recursive_array
-    array.rassoc(array).should be_nil
+    array.rassoc(array).should == nil
     [[empty, array]].rassoc(array).should == [empty, array]
   end
 
@@ -35,4 +35,16 @@ describe "Array#rassoc" do
 
     [[1, :foobar, o], [2, o, 1], [3, mock('foo')]].rassoc(key).should == [2, o, 1]
   end
+
+  it "calls to_ary on non-array elements" do
+    s1 = [1, 2]
+    s2 = ArraySpecs::ArrayConvertible.new(2, 3)
+    a = [s1, s2]
+
+    s1.should_not_receive(:to_ary)
+    a.rassoc(2).should.equal?(s1)
+
+    a.rassoc(3).should == [2, 3]
+    s2.called.should.equal?(:to_ary)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/reject_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/reject_spec.rb
index 81a467e364..8d237b3a75 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/reject_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/reject_spec.rb
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ describe "Array#reject" do
     ary = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
     ary.reject { true }.should == []
     ary.reject { false }.should == ary
-    ary.reject { false }.should_not equal ary
+    ary.reject { false }.should_not.equal? ary
     ary.reject { nil }.should == ary
-    ary.reject { nil }.should_not equal ary
+    ary.reject { nil }.should_not.equal? ary
     ary.reject { 5 }.should == []
     ary.reject { |i| i < 3 }.should == [3, 4, 5]
     ary.reject { |i| i % 2 == 0 }.should == [1, 3, 5]
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe "Array#reject" do
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instance on Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].reject { |x| x % 2 == 0 }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].reject { |x| x % 2 == 0 }.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "does not retain instance variables" do
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ end
 describe "Array#reject!" do
   it "removes elements for which block is true" do
     a = [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
-    a.reject! { |i| i % 2 == 0 }.should equal(a)
+    a.reject! { |i| i % 2 == 0 }.should.equal?(a)
     a.should == [3, 5, 7, 9, 11]
     a.reject! { |i| i > 8 }
     a.should == [3, 5, 7]
@@ -105,20 +105,20 @@ describe "Array#reject!" do
   end
 
   it "returns an Enumerator if no block given, and the array is frozen" do
-    ArraySpecs.frozen_array.reject!.should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
+    ArraySpecs.frozen_array.reject!.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.reject! {} }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.reject! {} }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on an empty frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.reject! {} }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.reject! {} }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array only during iteration if called without a block" do
     enum = ArraySpecs.frozen_array.reject!
-    -> { enum.each {} }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { enum.each {} }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "does not truncate the array is the block raises an exception" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/repeated_combination_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/repeated_combination_spec.rb
index b62382024a..a714f05f54 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/repeated_combination_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/repeated_combination_spec.rb
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@ describe "Array#repeated_combination" do
   end
 
   it "returns an enumerator when no block is provided" do
-    @array.repeated_combination(2).should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
+    @array.repeated_combination(2).should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
   end
 
   it "returns self when a block is given" do
-    @array.repeated_combination(2){}.should equal(@array)
+    @array.repeated_combination(2){}.should.equal?(@array)
   end
 
   it "yields nothing for negative length and return self" do
-    @array.repeated_combination(-1){ fail }.should equal(@array)
-    @array.repeated_combination(-10){ fail }.should equal(@array)
+    @array.repeated_combination(-1){ fail }.should.equal?(@array)
+    @array.repeated_combination(-10){ fail }.should.equal?(@array)
   end
 
   it "yields the expected repeated_combinations" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/repeated_permutation_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/repeated_permutation_spec.rb
index a165fda09e..c54a8c0c2b 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/repeated_permutation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/repeated_permutation_spec.rb
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ describe "Array#repeated_permutation" do
 
   it "returns an Enumerator of all repeated permutations of given length when called without a block" do
     enum = @numbers.repeated_permutation(2)
-    enum.should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
+    enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
     enum.to_a.sort.should == @permutations
   end
 
   it "yields all repeated_permutations to the block then returns self when called with block but no arguments" do
     yielded = []
-    @numbers.repeated_permutation(2) {|n| yielded << n}.should equal(@numbers)
+    @numbers.repeated_permutation(2) {|n| yielded << n}.should.equal?(@numbers)
     yielded.sort.should == @permutations
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/replace_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/replace_spec.rb
index 2f53338f5e..ee6a98a646 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/replace_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/replace_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,63 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/replace'
 
 describe "Array#replace" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_replace, :replace
+  it "replaces the elements with elements from other array" do
+    a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+    b = ['a', 'b', 'c']
+    a.replace(b).should.equal?(a)
+    a.should == b
+    a.should_not.equal?(b)
+
+    a.replace([4] * 10)
+    a.should == [4] * 10
+
+    a.replace([])
+    a.should == []
+  end
+
+  it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
+    orig = [1, 2, 3]
+    empty = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
+    orig.replace(empty)
+    orig.should == empty
+
+    array = ArraySpecs.recursive_array
+    orig.replace(array)
+    orig.should == array
+  end
+
+  it "returns self" do
+    ary = [1, 2, 3]
+    other = [:a, :b, :c]
+    ary.replace(other).should.equal?(ary)
+  end
+
+  it "does not make self dependent to the original array" do
+    ary = [1, 2, 3]
+    other = [:a, :b, :c]
+    ary.replace(other)
+    ary.should == [:a, :b, :c]
+    ary << :d
+    ary.should == [:a, :b, :c, :d]
+    other.should == [:a, :b, :c]
+  end
+
+  it "tries to convert the passed argument to an Array using #to_ary" do
+    obj = mock('to_ary')
+    obj.stub!(:to_ary).and_return([1, 2, 3])
+    [].replace(obj).should == [1, 2, 3]
+  end
+
+  it "does not call #to_ary on Array subclasses" do
+    obj = ArraySpecs::ToAryArray[5, 6, 7]
+    obj.should_not_receive(:to_ary)
+    [].replace(ArraySpecs::ToAryArray[5, 6, 7]).should == [5, 6, 7]
+  end
+
+  it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
+    -> {
+      ArraySpecs.frozen_array.replace(ArraySpecs.frozen_array)
+    }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/reverse_each_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/reverse_each_spec.rb
index 59dabcd33d..8fa5ce6da1 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/reverse_each_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/reverse_each_spec.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe "Array#reverse_each" do
 
   it "returns self" do
     a = [:a, :b, :c]
-    a.reverse_each { |x| }.should equal(a)
+    a.reverse_each { |x| }.should.equal?(a)
   end
 
   it "yields only the top level element of an empty recursive arrays" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/reverse_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/reverse_spec.rb
index 05dbd2efcf..f25a484be8 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/reverse_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/reverse_spec.rb
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ describe "Array#reverse" do
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instance on Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].reverse.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].reverse.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 end
 
 describe "Array#reverse!" do
   it "reverses the elements in place" do
     a = [6, 3, 4, 2, 1]
-    a.reverse!.should equal(a)
+    a.reverse!.should.equal?(a)
     a.should == [1, 2, 4, 3, 6]
     [].reverse!.should == []
   end
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ describe "Array#reverse!" do
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.reverse! }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.reverse! }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/rindex_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/rindex_spec.rb
index 13de88818c..858c39dc92 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/rindex_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/rindex_spec.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe "Array#rindex" do
   it "properly handles empty recursive arrays" do
     empty = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
     empty.rindex(empty).should == 0
-    empty.rindex(1).should be_nil
+    empty.rindex(1).should == nil
   end
 
   it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe "Array#rindex" do
   describe "given no argument and no block" do
     it "produces an Enumerator" do
       enum = [4, 2, 1, 5, 1, 3].rindex
-      enum.should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
+      enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
       enum.each { |x| x < 2 }.should == 4
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/rotate_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/rotate_spec.rb
index 60dcc8b113..009ce5ed49 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/rotate_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/rotate_spec.rb
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ describe "Array#rotate" do
     it "raises a TypeError if not passed an integer-like argument" do
       -> {
         [1, 2].rotate(nil)
-      }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+      }.should.raise(TypeError)
       -> {
         [1, 2].rotate("4")
-      }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+      }.should.raise(TypeError)
     end
   end
 
@@ -50,18 +50,18 @@ describe "Array#rotate" do
       [].freeze.rotate
       [2].freeze.rotate(2)
       [1,2,3].freeze.rotate(-3)
-    }.should_not raise_error
+    }.should_not.raise
   end
 
   it "does not return self" do
     a = [1, 2, 3]
-    a.rotate.should_not equal(a)
+    a.rotate.should_not.equal?(a)
     a = []
-    a.rotate(0).should_not equal(a)
+    a.rotate(0).should_not.equal?(a)
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instance for Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].rotate.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].rotate.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 end
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe "Array#rotate!" do
   describe "when passed no argument" do
     it "moves the first element to the end and returns self" do
       a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-      a.rotate!.should equal(a)
+      a.rotate!.should.equal?(a)
       a.should == [2, 3, 4, 5, 1]
     end
   end
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ describe "Array#rotate!" do
   describe "with an argument n" do
     it "moves the first (n % size) elements at the end and returns self" do
       a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-      a.rotate!(2).should equal(a)
+      a.rotate!(2).should.equal?(a)
       a.should == [3, 4, 5, 1, 2]
-      a.rotate!(-12).should equal(a)
+      a.rotate!(-12).should.equal?(a)
       a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-      a.rotate!(13).should equal(a)
+      a.rotate!(13).should.equal?(a)
       a.should == [4, 5, 1, 2, 3]
     end
 
@@ -96,34 +96,34 @@ describe "Array#rotate!" do
     it "raises a TypeError if not passed an integer-like argument" do
       -> {
         [1, 2].rotate!(nil)
-      }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+      }.should.raise(TypeError)
       -> {
         [1, 2].rotate!("4")
-      }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+      }.should.raise(TypeError)
     end
   end
 
   it "does nothing and returns self when the length is zero or one" do
     a = [1]
-    a.rotate!.should equal(a)
+    a.rotate!.should.equal?(a)
     a.should == [1]
-    a.rotate!(2).should equal(a)
+    a.rotate!(2).should.equal?(a)
     a.should == [1]
-    a.rotate!(-21).should equal(a)
+    a.rotate!(-21).should.equal?(a)
     a.should == [1]
 
     a = []
-    a.rotate!.should equal(a)
+    a.rotate!.should.equal?(a)
     a.should == []
-    a.rotate!(2).should equal(a)
+    a.rotate!(2).should.equal?(a)
     a.should == []
-    a.rotate!(-21).should equal(a)
+    a.rotate!(-21).should.equal?(a)
     a.should == []
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].freeze.rotate!(0) }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-    -> { [1].freeze.rotate!(42) }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-    -> { [].freeze.rotate! }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].freeze.rotate!(0) }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+    -> { [1].freeze.rotate!(42) }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+    -> { [].freeze.rotate! }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/sample_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/sample_spec.rb
index 6ef78594f0..fd443b47de 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/sample_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/sample_spec.rb
@@ -14,23 +14,23 @@ describe "Array#sample" do
   end
 
   it "returns nil for an empty Array" do
-    [].sample.should be_nil
+    [].sample.should == nil
   end
 
   it "returns nil for an empty array when called without n and a Random is given" do
-    [].sample(random: Random.new(42)).should be_nil
+    [].sample(random: Random.new(42)).should == nil
   end
 
   it "returns a single value when not passed a count" do
-    [4].sample.should equal(4)
+    [4].sample.should.equal?(4)
   end
 
   it "returns a single value when not passed a count and a Random is given" do
-    [4].sample(random: Random.new(42)).should equal(4)
+    [4].sample(random: Random.new(42)).should.equal?(4)
   end
 
   it "returns a single value when not passed a count and a Random class is given" do
-    [4].sample(random: Random).should equal(4)
+    [4].sample(random: Random).should.equal?(4)
   end
 
   it "returns an empty Array when passed zero" do
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ describe "Array#sample" do
   end
 
   it "returns an Array of elements when passed a count" do
-    [1, 2, 3, 4].sample(3).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    [1, 2, 3, 4].sample(3).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "returns elements from the Array" do
     array = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    array.sample(3).all? { |x| array.should include(x) }
+    array.sample(3).all? { |x| array.should.include?(x) }
   end
 
   it "returns at most the number of elements in the Array" do
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ describe "Array#sample" do
   end
 
   it "raises ArgumentError when passed a negative count" do
-    -> { [1, 2].sample(-1) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [1, 2].sample(-1) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instances with Array subclass" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].sample(2).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].sample(2).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   describe "with options" do
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ describe "Array#sample" do
       obj = mock("array_sample_random")
       obj.should_receive(:rand).and_return(0.5)
 
-      [1, 2].sample(random: obj).should be_an_instance_of(Integer)
+      [1, 2].sample(random: obj).should.instance_of?(Integer)
     end
 
     it "raises a NoMethodError if an object passed for the RNG does not define #rand" do
       obj = BasicObject.new
 
-      -> { [1, 2].sample(random: obj) }.should raise_error(NoMethodError)
+      -> { [1, 2].sample(random: obj) }.should.raise(NoMethodError)
     end
 
     describe "when the object returned by #rand is an Integer" do
@@ -105,14 +105,21 @@ describe "Array#sample" do
         random = mock("array_sample_random")
         random.should_receive(:rand).and_return(-1)
 
-        -> { [1, 2].sample(random: random) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+        -> { [1, 2].sample(random: random) }.should.raise(RangeError)
       end
 
       it "raises a RangeError if the value is equal to the Array size" do
         random = mock("array_sample_random")
         random.should_receive(:rand).and_return(2)
 
-        -> { [1, 2].sample(random: random) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+        -> { [1, 2].sample(random: random) }.should.raise(RangeError)
+      end
+
+      it "raises a RangeError if the value is greater than the Array size" do
+        random = mock("array_sample_random")
+        random.should_receive(:rand).and_return(3)
+
+        -> { [1, 2].sample(random: random) }.should.raise(RangeError)
       end
     end
   end
@@ -133,7 +140,7 @@ describe "Array#sample" do
       random = mock("array_sample_random")
       random.should_receive(:rand).and_return(value)
 
-      -> { [1, 2].sample(random: random) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+      -> { [1, 2].sample(random: random) }.should.raise(RangeError)
     end
 
     it "raises a RangeError if the value is equal to the Array size" do
@@ -142,7 +149,7 @@ describe "Array#sample" do
       random = mock("array_sample_random")
       random.should_receive(:rand).and_return(value)
 
-      -> { [1, 2].sample(random: random) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+      -> { [1, 2].sample(random: random) }.should.raise(RangeError)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/select_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/select_spec.rb
index 298b591744..57ec0b2540 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/select_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/select_spec.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,42 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'shared/select'
+require_relative '../enumerable/shared/enumeratorized'
+require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
+require_relative 'shared/enumeratorize'
+require_relative 'shared/iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing'
+require_relative 'shared/keep_if'
 
 describe "Array#select" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_select, :select
+  it_behaves_like :enumeratorize, :select
+
+  it_behaves_like :array_iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing, :select
+
+  before :each do
+    @object = [1,2,3]
+  end
+  it_behaves_like :enumeratorized_with_origin_size, :select
+
+  it "returns a new array of elements for which block is true" do
+    [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9].select { |i| i % ((i + 1) / 2) == 0}.should == [1, 4, 6]
+  end
+
+  it "does not return subclass instance on Array subclasses" do
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].select { true }.should.instance_of?(Array)
+  end
+
+  it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
+    empty = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
+    empty.select { true }.should == empty
+    empty.select { false }.should == []
+
+    array = ArraySpecs.recursive_array
+    array.select { true }.should == [1, 'two', 3.0, array, array, array, array, array]
+    array.select { false }.should == []
+  end
 end
 
 describe "Array#select!" do
   it "returns nil if no changes were made in the array" do
-    [1, 2, 3].select! { true }.should be_nil
+    [1, 2, 3].select! { true }.should == nil
   end
 
   it_behaves_like :keep_if, :select!
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/clone.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/clone.rb
index 035b45ec99..1a45c2fe2c 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/clone.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/clone.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 describe :array_clone, shared: true do
   it "returns an Array or a subclass instance" do
-    [].send(@method).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2].send(@method).should be_an_instance_of(ArraySpecs::MyArray)
+    [].send(@method).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2].send(@method).should.instance_of?(ArraySpecs::MyArray)
   end
 
   it "produces a shallow copy where the references are directly copied" do
     a = [mock('1'), mock('2')]
     b = a.send @method
-    b.first.should equal a.first
-    b.last.should equal a.last
+    b.first.should.equal? a.first
+    b.last.should.equal? a.last
   end
 
   it "creates a new array containing all elements or the original" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/collect.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/collect.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 030302ced6..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/collect.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-require_relative '../../enumerable/shared/enumeratorized'
-require_relative '../shared/iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing'
-
-describe :array_collect, shared: true do
-  it "returns a copy of array with each element replaced by the value returned by block" do
-    a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
-    b = a.send(@method) { |i| i + '!' }
-    b.should == ["a!", "b!", "c!", "d!"]
-    b.should_not equal a
-  end
-
-  it "does not return subclass instance" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method) { |x| x + 1 }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-  end
-
-  it "does not change self" do
-    a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
-    a.send(@method) { |i| i + '!' }
-    a.should == ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
-  end
-
-  it "returns the evaluated value of block if it broke in the block" do
-    a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
-    b = a.send(@method) {|i|
-      if i == 'c'
-        break 0
-      else
-        i + '!'
-      end
-    }
-    b.should == 0
-  end
-
-  it "returns an Enumerator when no block given" do
-    a = [1, 2, 3]
-    a.send(@method).should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
-  end
-
-  it "raises an ArgumentError when no block and with arguments" do
-    a = [1, 2, 3]
-    -> {
-      a.send(@method, :foo)
-    }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
-  end
-
-  before :all do
-    @object = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-  end
-  it_should_behave_like :enumeratorized_with_origin_size
-
-  it_should_behave_like :array_iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing
-end
-
-describe :array_collect_b, shared: true do
-  it "replaces each element with the value returned by block" do
-    a = [7, 9, 3, 5]
-    a.send(@method) { |i| i - 1 }.should equal(a)
-    a.should == [6, 8, 2, 4]
-  end
-
-  it "returns self" do
-    a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-    b = a.send(@method) {|i| i+1 }
-    a.should equal b
-  end
-
-  it "returns the evaluated value of block but its contents is partially modified, if it broke in the block" do
-    a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
-    b = a.send(@method) {|i|
-      if i == 'c'
-        break 0
-      else
-        i + '!'
-      end
-    }
-    b.should == 0
-    a.should == ['a!', 'b!', 'c', 'd']
-  end
-
-  it "returns an Enumerator when no block given, and the enumerator can modify the original array" do
-    a = [1, 2, 3]
-    enum = a.send(@method)
-    enum.should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
-    enum.each{|i| "#{i}!" }
-    a.should == ["1!", "2!", "3!"]
-  end
-
-  describe "when frozen" do
-    it "raises a FrozenError" do
-      -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.send(@method) {} }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-    end
-
-    it "raises a FrozenError when empty" do
-      -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.send(@method) {} }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-    end
-
-    it "raises a FrozenError when calling #each on the returned Enumerator" do
-      enumerator = ArraySpecs.frozen_array.send(@method)
-      -> { enumerator.each {|x| x } }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-    end
-
-    it "raises a FrozenError when calling #each on the returned Enumerator when empty" do
-      enumerator = ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.send(@method)
-      -> { enumerator.each {|x| x } }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-    end
-  end
-
-  it "does not truncate the array is the block raises an exception" do
-    a = [1, 2, 3]
-    begin
-      a.send(@method) { raise StandardError, 'Oops' }
-    rescue
-    end
-
-    a.should == [1, 2, 3]
-  end
-
-  it "only changes elements before error is raised, keeping the element which raised an error." do
-    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    begin
-      a.send(@method) do |e|
-        case e
-        when 1 then -1
-        when 2 then -2
-        when 3 then raise StandardError, 'Oops'
-        else 0
-        end
-      end
-    rescue StandardError
-    end
-
-    a.should == [-1, -2, 3, 4]
-  end
-
-  before :all do
-    @object = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-  end
-  it_should_behave_like :enumeratorized_with_origin_size
-
-  it_should_behave_like :array_iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/difference.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/difference.rb
index 3e69050d82..3fe22331bd 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/difference.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/difference.rb
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ describe :array_binary_difference, shared: true do
 
   it "raises a TypeError if the argument cannot be coerced to an Array by calling #to_ary" do
     obj = mock('not an array')
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].send(@method, obj) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].send(@method, obj) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instance for Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, []).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[]).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    [1, 2, 3].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[]).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, []).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[]).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    [1, 2, 3].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[]).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "does not call to_ary on array subclasses" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/enumeratorize.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/enumeratorize.rb
index a19a5d3b9b..5beab5c4c4 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/enumeratorize.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/enumeratorize.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 describe :enumeratorize, shared: true do
   it "returns an Enumerator if no block given" do
-    [1,2].send(@method).should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
+    [1,2].send(@method).should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/eql.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/eql.rb
index b5d9128434..5e770bf167 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/eql.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/eql.rb
@@ -1,59 +1,59 @@
 describe :array_eql, shared: true do
   it "returns true if other is the same array" do
     a = [1]
-    a.send(@method, a).should be_true
+    a.send(@method, a).should == true
   end
 
   it "returns true if corresponding elements are #eql?" do
-    [].send(@method, []).should be_true
-    [1, 2, 3, 4].send(@method, [1, 2, 3, 4]).should be_true
+    [].send(@method, []).should == true
+    [1, 2, 3, 4].send(@method, [1, 2, 3, 4]).should == true
   end
 
   it "returns false if other is shorter than self" do
-    [1, 2, 3, 4].send(@method, [1, 2, 3]).should be_false
+    [1, 2, 3, 4].send(@method, [1, 2, 3]).should == false
   end
 
   it "returns false if other is longer than self" do
-    [1, 2, 3, 4].send(@method, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]).should be_false
+    [1, 2, 3, 4].send(@method, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]).should == false
   end
 
   it "returns false immediately when sizes of the arrays differ" do
     obj = mock('1')
     obj.should_not_receive(@method)
 
-    []        .send(@method,    [obj]  ).should be_false
-    [obj]     .send(@method,    []     ).should be_false
+    []        .send(@method,    [obj]  ).should == false
+    [obj]     .send(@method,    []     ).should == false
   end
 
   it "handles well recursive arrays" do
     a = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
-    a       .send(@method,    [a]    ).should be_true
-    a       .send(@method,    [[a]]  ).should be_true
-    [a]     .send(@method,    a      ).should be_true
-    [[a]]   .send(@method,    a      ).should be_true
+    a       .send(@method,    [a]    ).should == true
+    a       .send(@method,    [[a]]  ).should == true
+    [a]     .send(@method,    a      ).should == true
+    [[a]]   .send(@method,    a      ).should == true
     # These may be surprising, but no difference can be
     # found between these arrays, so they are ==.
     # There is no "path" that will lead to a difference
     # (contrary to other examples below)
 
     a2 = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
-    a       .send(@method,    a2     ).should be_true
-    a       .send(@method,    [a2]   ).should be_true
-    a       .send(@method,    [[a2]] ).should be_true
-    [a]     .send(@method,    a2     ).should be_true
-    [[a]]   .send(@method,    a2     ).should be_true
+    a       .send(@method,    a2     ).should == true
+    a       .send(@method,    [a2]   ).should == true
+    a       .send(@method,    [[a2]] ).should == true
+    [a]     .send(@method,    a2     ).should == true
+    [[a]]   .send(@method,    a2     ).should == true
 
     back = []
     forth = [back]; back << forth;
-    back   .send(@method,  a  ).should be_true
+    back   .send(@method,  a  ).should == true
 
     x = []; x << x << x
-    x       .send(@method,    a                ).should be_false  # since x.size != a.size
-    x       .send(@method,    [a, a]           ).should be_false  # since x[0].size != [a, a][0].size
-    x       .send(@method,    [x, a]           ).should be_false  # since x[1].size != [x, a][1].size
-    [x, a]  .send(@method,    [a, x]           ).should be_false  # etc...
-    x       .send(@method,    [x, x]           ).should be_true
-    x       .send(@method,    [[x, x], [x, x]] ).should be_true
+    x       .send(@method,    a                ).should == false  # since x.size != a.size
+    x       .send(@method,    [a, a]           ).should == false  # since x[0].size != [a, a][0].size
+    x       .send(@method,    [x, a]           ).should == false  # since x[1].size != [x, a][1].size
+    [x, a]  .send(@method,    [a, x]           ).should == false  # etc...
+    x       .send(@method,    [x, x]           ).should == true
+    x       .send(@method,    [[x, x], [x, x]] ).should == true
 
     tree = [];
     branch = []; branch << tree << tree; tree << branch
@@ -62,31 +62,31 @@ describe :array_eql, shared: true do
     forest = [tree, branch, :bird, a]; forest << forest
     forest2 = [tree2, branch2, :bird, a2]; forest2 << forest2
 
-    forest .send(@method,     forest2         ).should be_true
-    forest .send(@method,     [tree2, branch, :bird, a, forest2]).should be_true
+    forest .send(@method,     forest2         ).should == true
+    forest .send(@method,     [tree2, branch, :bird, a, forest2]).should == true
 
     diffforest = [branch2, tree2, :bird, a2]; diffforest << forest2
-    forest .send(@method,     diffforest      ).should be_false # since forest[0].size == 1 != 3 == diffforest[0]
-    forest .send(@method,     [nil]           ).should be_false
-    forest .send(@method,     [forest]        ).should be_false
+    forest .send(@method,     diffforest      ).should == false # since forest[0].size == 1 != 3 == diffforest[0]
+    forest .send(@method,     [nil]           ).should == false
+    forest .send(@method,     [forest]        ).should == false
   end
 
   it "does not call #to_ary on its argument" do
     obj = mock('to_ary')
     obj.should_not_receive(:to_ary)
 
-    [1, 2, 3].send(@method, obj).should be_false
+    [1, 2, 3].send(@method, obj).should == false
   end
 
   it "does not call #to_ary on Array subclasses" do
     ary = ArraySpecs::ToAryArray[5, 6, 7]
     ary.should_not_receive(:to_ary)
-    [5, 6, 7].send(@method, ary).should be_true
+    [5, 6, 7].send(@method, ary).should == true
   end
 
   it "ignores array class differences" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, [1, 2, 3]).should be_true
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]).should be_true
-    [1, 2, 3].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]).should be_true
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, [1, 2, 3]).should == true
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]).should == true
+    [1, 2, 3].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]).should == true
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/index.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/index.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a4a0adbab6..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/index.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-require_relative '../shared/iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing'
-
-describe :array_index, shared: true do
-  it "returns the index of the first element == to object" do
-    x = mock('3')
-    def x.==(obj) 3 == obj; end
-
-    [2, x, 3, 1, 3, 1].send(@method, 3).should == 1
-    [2, 3.0, 3, x, 1, 3, 1].send(@method, x).should == 1
-  end
-
-  it "returns 0 if first element == to object" do
-    [2, 1, 3, 2, 5].send(@method, 2).should == 0
-  end
-
-  it "returns size-1 if only last element == to object" do
-    [2, 1, 3, 1, 5].send(@method, 5).should == 4
-  end
-
-  it "returns nil if no element == to object" do
-    [2, 1, 1, 1, 1].send(@method, 3).should == nil
-  end
-
-  it "accepts a block instead of an argument" do
-    [4, 2, 1, 5, 1, 3].send(@method) {|x| x < 2}.should == 2
-  end
-
-  it "ignores the block if there is an argument" do
-    -> {
-      [4, 2, 1, 5, 1, 3].send(@method, 5) {|x| x < 2}.should == 3
-    }.should complain(/given block not used/)
-  end
-
-  describe "given no argument and no block" do
-    it "produces an Enumerator" do
-      [].send(@method).should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
-    end
-  end
-
-  it_should_behave_like :array_iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/inspect.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/inspect.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a2b43d4959..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/inspect.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-require_relative '../fixtures/encoded_strings'
-
-describe :array_inspect, shared: true do
-  it "returns a string" do
-    [1, 2, 3].send(@method).should be_an_instance_of(String)
-  end
-
-  it "returns '[]' for an empty Array" do
-    [].send(@method).should == "[]"
-  end
-
-  it "calls inspect on its elements and joins the results with commas" do
-    items = Array.new(3) do |i|
-      obj = mock(i.to_s)
-      obj.should_receive(:inspect).and_return(i.to_s)
-      obj
-    end
-    items.send(@method).should == "[0, 1, 2]"
-  end
-
-  it "does not call #to_s on a String returned from #inspect" do
-    str = "abc"
-    str.should_not_receive(:to_s)
-
-    [str].send(@method).should == '["abc"]'
-  end
-
-  it "calls #to_s on the object returned from #inspect if the Object isn't a String" do
-    obj = mock("Array#inspect/to_s calls #to_s")
-    obj.should_receive(:inspect).and_return(obj)
-    obj.should_receive(:to_s).and_return("abc")
-
-    [obj].send(@method).should == "[abc]"
-  end
-
-  it "does not call #to_str on the object returned from #inspect when it is not a String" do
-    obj = mock("Array#inspect/to_s does not call #to_str")
-    obj.should_receive(:inspect).and_return(obj)
-    obj.should_not_receive(:to_str)
-
-    [obj].send(@method).should =~ /^\[#<MockObject:0x[0-9a-f]+>\]$/
-  end
-
-  it "does not call #to_str on the object returned from #to_s when it is not a String" do
-    obj = mock("Array#inspect/to_s does not call #to_str on #to_s result")
-    obj.should_receive(:inspect).and_return(obj)
-    obj.should_receive(:to_s).and_return(obj)
-    obj.should_not_receive(:to_str)
-
-    [obj].send(@method).should =~ /^\[#<MockObject:0x[0-9a-f]+>\]$/
-  end
-
-  it "does not swallow exceptions raised by #to_s" do
-    obj = mock("Array#inspect/to_s does not swallow #to_s exceptions")
-    obj.should_receive(:inspect).and_return(obj)
-    obj.should_receive(:to_s).and_raise(Exception)
-
-    -> { [obj].send(@method) }.should raise_error(Exception)
-  end
-
-  it "represents a recursive element with '[...]'" do
-    ArraySpecs.recursive_array.send(@method).should == "[1, \"two\", 3.0, [...], [...], [...], [...], [...]]"
-    ArraySpecs.head_recursive_array.send(@method).should == "[[...], [...], [...], [...], [...], 1, \"two\", 3.0]"
-    ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array.send(@method).should == "[[...]]"
-  end
-
-  describe "with encoding" do
-    before :each do
-      @default_external_encoding = Encoding.default_external
-    end
-
-    after :each do
-      Encoding.default_external = @default_external_encoding
-    end
-
-    it "returns a US-ASCII string for an empty Array" do
-      [].send(@method).encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
-    end
-
-    it "use the default external encoding if it is ascii compatible" do
-      Encoding.default_external = Encoding.find('UTF-8')
-
-      utf8 = "utf8".encode("UTF-8")
-      jp   = "jp".encode("EUC-JP")
-      array = [jp, utf8]
-
-      array.send(@method).encoding.name.should == "UTF-8"
-    end
-
-    it "use US-ASCII encoding if the default external encoding is not ascii compatible" do
-      Encoding.default_external = Encoding.find('UTF-32')
-
-      utf8 = "utf8".encode("UTF-8")
-      jp   = "jp".encode("EUC-JP")
-      array = [jp, utf8]
-
-      array.send(@method).encoding.name.should == "US-ASCII"
-    end
-
-    it "does not raise if inspected result is not default external encoding" do
-      utf_16be = mock("utf_16be")
-      utf_16be.should_receive(:inspect).and_return(%<"utf_16be \u3042">.encode!(Encoding::UTF_16BE))
-
-      [utf_16be].send(@method).should == '["utf_16be \u3042"]'
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/intersection.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/intersection.rb
index 0b4166ab63..dda72e8bd7 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/intersection.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/intersection.rb
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ describe :array_intersection, shared: true do
   end
 
   it "does return subclass instances for Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, []).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    [].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, []).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    [].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "does not call to_ary on array subclasses" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/join.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/join.rb
index 507b13e3c8..93d5329ee3 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/join.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/join.rb
@@ -1,103 +1,6 @@
 require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 require_relative '../fixtures/encoded_strings'
 
-describe :array_join_with_default_separator, shared: true do
-  before :each do
-    @separator = $,
-  end
-
-  after :each do
-    $, = @separator
-  end
-
-  it "returns an empty string if the Array is empty" do
-    [].send(@method).should == ''
-  end
-
-  it "returns a US-ASCII string for an empty Array" do
-    [].send(@method).encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
-  end
-
-  it "returns a string formed by concatenating each String element separated by $," do
-    suppress_warning {
-      $, = " | "
-      ["1", "2", "3"].send(@method).should == "1 | 2 | 3"
-    }
-  end
-
-  it "attempts coercion via #to_str first" do
-    obj = mock('foo')
-    obj.should_receive(:to_str).any_number_of_times.and_return("foo")
-    [obj].send(@method).should == "foo"
-  end
-
-  it "attempts coercion via #to_ary second" do
-    obj = mock('foo')
-    obj.should_receive(:to_str).any_number_of_times.and_return(nil)
-    obj.should_receive(:to_ary).any_number_of_times.and_return(["foo"])
-    [obj].send(@method).should == "foo"
-  end
-
-  it "attempts coercion via #to_s third" do
-    obj = mock('foo')
-    obj.should_receive(:to_str).any_number_of_times.and_return(nil)
-    obj.should_receive(:to_ary).any_number_of_times.and_return(nil)
-    obj.should_receive(:to_s).any_number_of_times.and_return("foo")
-    [obj].send(@method).should == "foo"
-  end
-
-  it "raises a NoMethodError if an element does not respond to #to_str, #to_ary, or #to_s" do
-    obj = mock('o')
-    class << obj; undef :to_s; end
-    -> { [1, obj].send(@method) }.should raise_error(NoMethodError)
-  end
-
-  it "raises an ArgumentError when the Array is recursive" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.recursive_array.send(@method) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
-    -> { ArraySpecs.head_recursive_array.send(@method) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
-    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array.send(@method) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
-  end
-
-  it "uses the first encoding when other strings are compatible" do
-    ary1 = ArraySpecs.array_with_7bit_utf8_and_usascii_strings
-    ary2 = ArraySpecs.array_with_usascii_and_7bit_utf8_strings
-    ary3 = ArraySpecs.array_with_utf8_and_7bit_binary_strings
-    ary4 = ArraySpecs.array_with_usascii_and_7bit_binary_strings
-
-    ary1.send(@method).encoding.should == Encoding::UTF_8
-    ary2.send(@method).encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
-    ary3.send(@method).encoding.should == Encoding::UTF_8
-    ary4.send(@method).encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
-  end
-
-  it "uses the widest common encoding when other strings are incompatible" do
-    ary1 = ArraySpecs.array_with_utf8_and_usascii_strings
-    ary2 = ArraySpecs.array_with_usascii_and_utf8_strings
-
-    ary1.send(@method).encoding.should == Encoding::UTF_8
-    ary2.send(@method).encoding.should == Encoding::UTF_8
-  end
-
-  it "fails for arrays with incompatibly-encoded strings" do
-    ary_utf8_bad_binary = ArraySpecs.array_with_utf8_and_binary_strings
-
-    -> { ary_utf8_bad_binary.send(@method) }.should raise_error(EncodingError)
-  end
-
-  context "when $, is not nil" do
-    before do
-      suppress_warning do
-        $, = '*'
-      end
-    end
-
-    it "warns" do
-      -> { [].join }.should complain(/warning: \$, is set to non-nil value/)
-      -> { [].join(nil) }.should complain(/warning: \$, is set to non-nil value/)
-    end
-  end
-end
-
 describe :array_join_with_string_separator, shared: true do
   it "returns a string formed by concatenating each element.to_str separated by separator" do
     obj = mock('foo')
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/keep_if.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/keep_if.rb
index 43a047c0a7..44625eebd1 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/keep_if.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/keep_if.rb
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ require_relative '../shared/iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing'
 describe :keep_if, shared: true do
   it "deletes elements for which the block returns a false value" do
     array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-    array.send(@method) {|item| item > 3 }.should equal(array)
+    array.send(@method) {|item| item > 3 }.should.equal?(array)
     array.should == [4, 5]
   end
 
   it "returns an enumerator if no block is given" do
-    [1, 2, 3].send(@method).should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
+    [1, 2, 3].send(@method).should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
   end
 
   it "updates the receiver after all blocks" do
@@ -33,34 +33,34 @@ describe :keep_if, shared: true do
     end
 
     it "returns an Enumerator if no block is given" do
-      @frozen.send(@method).should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
+      @frozen.send(@method).should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
     end
 
     describe "with truthy block" do
       it "keeps elements after any exception" do
-        -> { @frozen.send(@method) { true } }.should raise_error(Exception)
+        -> { @frozen.send(@method) { true } }.should.raise(Exception)
         @frozen.should == @origin
       end
 
       it "raises a FrozenError" do
-        -> { @frozen.send(@method) { true } }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+        -> { @frozen.send(@method) { true } }.should.raise(FrozenError)
       end
     end
 
     describe "with falsy block" do
       it "keeps elements after any exception" do
-        -> { @frozen.send(@method) { false } }.should raise_error(Exception)
+        -> { @frozen.send(@method) { false } }.should.raise(Exception)
         @frozen.should == @origin
       end
 
       it "raises a FrozenError" do
-        -> { @frozen.send(@method) { false } }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+        -> { @frozen.send(@method) { false } }.should.raise(FrozenError)
       end
     end
 
     it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array only during iteration if called without a block" do
       enum = @frozen.send(@method)
-      -> { enum.each {} }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+      -> { enum.each {} }.should.raise(FrozenError)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/length.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/length.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f84966d0ba..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/length.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-describe :array_length, shared: true do
-  it "returns the number of elements" do
-    [].send(@method).should == 0
-    [1, 2, 3].send(@method).should == 3
-  end
-
-  it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
-    ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array.send(@method).should == 1
-    ArraySpecs.recursive_array.send(@method).should == 8
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/push.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/push.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index ac790fb6a4..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/push.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-describe :array_push, shared: true do
-  it "appends the arguments to the array" do
-    a = [ "a", "b", "c" ]
-    a.send(@method, "d", "e", "f").should equal(a)
-    a.send(@method).should == ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"]
-    a.send(@method, 5)
-    a.should == ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", 5]
-
-    a = [0, 1]
-    a.send(@method, 2)
-    a.should == [0, 1, 2]
-  end
-
-  it "isn't confused by previous shift" do
-    a = [ "a", "b", "c" ]
-    a.shift
-    a.send(@method, "foo")
-    a.should == ["b", "c", "foo"]
-  end
-
-  it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
-    empty = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
-    empty.send(@method, :last).should == [empty, :last]
-
-    array = ArraySpecs.recursive_array
-    array.send(@method, :last).should == [1, 'two', 3.0, array, array, array, array, array, :last]
-  end
-
-  it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.send(@method, 1) }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.send(@method) }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/replace.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/replace.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a6e60c1b0..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/replace.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-describe :array_replace, shared: true do
-  it "replaces the elements with elements from other array" do
-    a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-    b = ['a', 'b', 'c']
-    a.send(@method, b).should equal(a)
-    a.should == b
-    a.should_not equal(b)
-
-    a.send(@method, [4] * 10)
-    a.should == [4] * 10
-
-    a.send(@method, [])
-    a.should == []
-  end
-
-  it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
-    orig = [1, 2, 3]
-    empty = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
-    orig.send(@method, empty)
-    orig.should == empty
-
-    array = ArraySpecs.recursive_array
-    orig.send(@method, array)
-    orig.should == array
-  end
-
-  it "returns self" do
-    ary = [1, 2, 3]
-    other = [:a, :b, :c]
-    ary.send(@method, other).should equal(ary)
-  end
-
-  it "does not make self dependent to the original array" do
-    ary = [1, 2, 3]
-    other = [:a, :b, :c]
-    ary.send(@method, other)
-    ary.should == [:a, :b, :c]
-    ary << :d
-    ary.should == [:a, :b, :c, :d]
-    other.should == [:a, :b, :c]
-  end
-
-  it "tries to convert the passed argument to an Array using #to_ary" do
-    obj = mock('to_ary')
-    obj.stub!(:to_ary).and_return([1, 2, 3])
-    [].send(@method, obj).should == [1, 2, 3]
-  end
-
-  it "does not call #to_ary on Array subclasses" do
-    obj = ArraySpecs::ToAryArray[5, 6, 7]
-    obj.should_not_receive(:to_ary)
-    [].send(@method, ArraySpecs::ToAryArray[5, 6, 7]).should == [5, 6, 7]
-  end
-
-  it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> {
-      ArraySpecs.frozen_array.send(@method, ArraySpecs.frozen_array)
-    }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/select.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/select.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c2cbf76c4..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/select.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
-require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
-require_relative '../shared/enumeratorize'
-require_relative '../shared/keep_if'
-require_relative '../shared/iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing'
-require_relative '../../enumerable/shared/enumeratorized'
-
-describe :array_select, shared: true do
-  it_should_behave_like :enumeratorize
-
-  it_should_behave_like :array_iterable_and_tolerating_size_increasing
-
-  before :each do
-    @object = [1,2,3]
-  end
-  it_should_behave_like :enumeratorized_with_origin_size
-
-  it "returns a new array of elements for which block is true" do
-    [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9].send(@method) { |i| i % ((i + 1) / 2) == 0}.should == [1, 4, 6]
-  end
-
-  it "does not return subclass instance on Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method) { true }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-  end
-
-  it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
-    empty = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
-    empty.send(@method) { true }.should == empty
-    empty.send(@method) { false }.should == []
-
-    array = ArraySpecs.recursive_array
-    array.send(@method) { true }.should == [1, 'two', 3.0, array, array, array, array, array]
-    array.send(@method) { false }.should == []
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/slice.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/slice.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index d2866970a5..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/slice.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,859 +0,0 @@
-describe :array_slice, shared: true do
-  it "returns the element at index with [index]" do
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 1).should == "b"
-
-    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-
-    a.send(@method, 0).should == 1
-    a.send(@method, 1).should == 2
-    a.send(@method, 2).should == 3
-    a.send(@method, 3).should == 4
-    a.send(@method, 4).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, 10).should == nil
-
-    a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-  end
-
-  it "returns the element at index from the end of the array with [-index]" do
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, -2).should == "d"
-
-    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-
-    a.send(@method, -1).should == 4
-    a.send(@method, -2).should == 3
-    a.send(@method, -3).should == 2
-    a.send(@method, -4).should == 1
-    a.send(@method, -5).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, -10).should == nil
-
-    a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-  end
-
-  it "returns count elements starting from index with [index, count]" do
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 2, 3).should == ["c", "d", "e"]
-
-    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-
-    a.send(@method, 0, 0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 0, 1).should == [1]
-    a.send(@method, 0, 2).should == [1, 2]
-    a.send(@method, 0, 4).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, 0, 6).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, 0, -1).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, 0, -2).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, 0, -4).should == nil
-
-    a.send(@method, 2, 0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 2, 1).should == [3]
-    a.send(@method, 2, 2).should == [3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, 2, 4).should == [3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, 2, -1).should == nil
-
-    a.send(@method, 4, 0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 4, 2).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 4, -1).should == nil
-
-    a.send(@method, 5, 0).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, 5, 2).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, 5, -1).should == nil
-
-    a.send(@method, 6, 0).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, 6, 2).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, 6, -1).should == nil
-
-    a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-  end
-
-  it "returns count elements starting at index from the end of array with [-index, count]" do
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, -2, 2).should == ["d", "e"]
-
-    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-
-    a.send(@method, -1, 0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, -1, 1).should == [4]
-    a.send(@method, -1, 2).should == [4]
-    a.send(@method, -1, -1).should == nil
-
-    a.send(@method, -2, 0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, -2, 1).should == [3]
-    a.send(@method, -2, 2).should == [3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, -2, 4).should == [3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, -2, -1).should == nil
-
-    a.send(@method, -4, 0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, -4, 1).should == [1]
-    a.send(@method, -4, 2).should == [1, 2]
-    a.send(@method, -4, 4).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, -4, 6).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, -4, -1).should == nil
-
-    a.send(@method, -5, 0).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, -5, 1).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, -5, 10).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, -5, -1).should == nil
-
-    a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-  end
-
-  it "returns the first count elements with [0, count]" do
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 0, 3).should == ["a", "b", "c"]
-  end
-
-  it "returns the subarray which is independent to self with [index,count]" do
-    a = [1, 2, 3]
-    sub = a.send(@method, 1,2)
-    sub.replace([:a, :b])
-    a.should == [1, 2, 3]
-  end
-
-  it "tries to convert the passed argument to an Integer using #to_int" do
-    obj = mock('to_int')
-    obj.stub!(:to_int).and_return(2)
-
-    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, obj).should == 3
-    a.send(@method, obj, 1).should == [3]
-    a.send(@method, obj, obj).should == [3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, 0, obj).should == [1, 2]
-  end
-
-  it "raises TypeError if to_int returns non-integer" do
-    from = mock('from')
-    to = mock('to')
-
-    # So we can construct a range out of them...
-    def from.<=>(o) 0 end
-    def to.<=>(o) 0 end
-
-    a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-
-    def from.to_int() 'cat' end
-    def to.to_int() -2 end
-
-    -> { a.send(@method, from..to) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-
-    def from.to_int() 1 end
-    def to.to_int() 'cat' end
-
-    -> { a.send(@method, from..to) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-  end
-
-  it "returns the elements specified by Range indexes with [m..n]" do
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 1..3).should == ["b", "c", "d"]
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 4..-1).should == ['e']
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 3..3).should == ['d']
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 3..-2).should == ['d']
-    ['a'].send(@method, 0..-1).should == ['a']
-
-    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-
-    a.send(@method, 0..-10).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 0..0).should == [1]
-    a.send(@method, 0..1).should == [1, 2]
-    a.send(@method, 0..2).should == [1, 2, 3]
-    a.send(@method, 0..3).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, 0..4).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, 0..10).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-
-    a.send(@method, 2..-10).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 2..0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 2..2).should == [3]
-    a.send(@method, 2..3).should == [3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, 2..4).should == [3, 4]
-
-    a.send(@method, 3..0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 3..3).should == [4]
-    a.send(@method, 3..4).should == [4]
-
-    a.send(@method, 4..0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 4..4).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 4..5).should == []
-
-    a.send(@method, 5..0).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, 5..5).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, 5..6).should == nil
-
-    a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-  end
-
-  it "returns elements specified by Range indexes except the element at index n with [m...n]" do
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 1...3).should == ["b", "c"]
-
-    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-
-    a.send(@method, 0...-10).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 0...0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 0...1).should == [1]
-    a.send(@method, 0...2).should == [1, 2]
-    a.send(@method, 0...3).should == [1, 2, 3]
-    a.send(@method, 0...4).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, 0...10).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-
-    a.send(@method, 2...-10).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 2...0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 2...2).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 2...3).should == [3]
-    a.send(@method, 2...4).should == [3, 4]
-
-    a.send(@method, 3...0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 3...3).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 3...4).should == [4]
-
-    a.send(@method, 4...0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 4...4).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 4...5).should == []
-
-    a.send(@method, 5...0).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, 5...5).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, 5...6).should == nil
-
-    a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-  end
-
-  it "returns elements that exist if range start is in the array but range end is not with [m..n]" do
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 4..7).should == ["e"]
-  end
-
-  it "accepts Range instances having a negative m and both signs for n with [m..n] and [m...n]" do
-    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-
-    a.send(@method, -1..-1).should == [4]
-    a.send(@method, -1...-1).should == []
-    a.send(@method, -1..3).should == [4]
-    a.send(@method, -1...3).should == []
-    a.send(@method, -1..4).should == [4]
-    a.send(@method, -1...4).should == [4]
-    a.send(@method, -1..10).should == [4]
-    a.send(@method, -1...10).should == [4]
-    a.send(@method, -1..0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, -1..-4).should == []
-    a.send(@method, -1...-4).should == []
-    a.send(@method, -1..-6).should == []
-    a.send(@method, -1...-6).should == []
-
-    a.send(@method, -2..-2).should == [3]
-    a.send(@method, -2...-2).should == []
-    a.send(@method, -2..-1).should == [3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, -2...-1).should == [3]
-    a.send(@method, -2..10).should == [3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, -2...10).should == [3, 4]
-
-    a.send(@method, -4..-4).should == [1]
-    a.send(@method, -4..-2).should == [1, 2, 3]
-    a.send(@method, -4...-2).should == [1, 2]
-    a.send(@method, -4..-1).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, -4...-1).should == [1, 2, 3]
-    a.send(@method, -4..3).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, -4...3).should == [1, 2, 3]
-    a.send(@method, -4..4).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, -4...4).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, -4...4).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    a.send(@method, -4..0).should == [1]
-    a.send(@method, -4...0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, -4..1).should == [1, 2]
-    a.send(@method, -4...1).should == [1]
-
-    a.send(@method, -5..-5).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, -5...-5).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, -5..-4).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, -5..-1).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, -5..10).should == nil
-
-    a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-  end
-
-  it "returns the subarray which is independent to self with [m..n]" do
-    a = [1, 2, 3]
-    sub = a.send(@method, 1..2)
-    sub.replace([:a, :b])
-    a.should == [1, 2, 3]
-  end
-
-  it "tries to convert Range elements to Integers using #to_int with [m..n] and [m...n]" do
-    from = mock('from')
-    to = mock('to')
-
-    # So we can construct a range out of them...
-    def from.<=>(o) 0 end
-    def to.<=>(o) 0 end
-
-    def from.to_int() 1 end
-    def to.to_int() -2 end
-
-    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-
-    a.send(@method, from..to).should == [2, 3]
-    a.send(@method, from...to).should == [2]
-    a.send(@method, 1..0).should == []
-    a.send(@method, 1...0).should == []
-
-    -> { a.send(@method, "a" .. "b") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-    -> { a.send(@method, "a" ... "b") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-    -> { a.send(@method, from .. "b") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-    -> { a.send(@method, from ... "b") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-  end
-
-  it "returns the same elements as [m..n] and [m...n] with Range subclasses" do
-    a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
-    range_incl = ArraySpecs::MyRange.new(1, 2)
-    range_excl = ArraySpecs::MyRange.new(-3, -1, true)
-
-    a.send(@method, range_incl).should == [2, 3]
-    a.send(@method, range_excl).should == [2, 3]
-  end
-
-  it "returns nil for a requested index not in the array with [index]" do
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 5).should == nil
-  end
-
-  it "returns [] if the index is valid but length is zero with [index, length]" do
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 0, 0).should == []
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 2, 0).should == []
-  end
-
-  it "returns nil if length is zero but index is invalid with [index, length]" do
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 100, 0).should == nil
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, -50, 0).should == nil
-  end
-
-  # This is by design. It is in the official documentation.
-  it "returns [] if index == array.size with [index, length]" do
-    %w|a b c d e|.send(@method, 5, 2).should == []
-  end
-
-  it "returns nil if index > array.size with [index, length]" do
-    %w|a b c d e|.send(@method, 6, 2).should == nil
-  end
-
-  it "returns nil if length is negative with [index, length]" do
-    %w|a b c d e|.send(@method, 3, -1).should == nil
-    %w|a b c d e|.send(@method, 2, -2).should == nil
-    %w|a b c d e|.send(@method, 1, -100).should == nil
-  end
-
-  it "returns nil if no requested index is in the array with [m..n]" do
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 6..10).should == nil
-  end
-
-  it "returns nil if range start is not in the array with [m..n]" do
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, -10..2).should == nil
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, 10..12).should == nil
-  end
-
-  it "returns an empty array when m == n with [m...n]" do
-    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].send(@method, 1...1).should == []
-  end
-
-  it "returns an empty array with [0...0]" do
-    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].send(@method, 0...0).should == []
-  end
-
-  it "returns a subarray where m, n negatives and m < n with [m..n]" do
-    [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ].send(@method, -3..-2).should == ["c", "d"]
-  end
-
-  it "returns an array containing the first element with [0..0]" do
-    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].send(@method, 0..0).should == [1]
-  end
-
-  it "returns the entire array with [0..-1]" do
-    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].send(@method, 0..-1).should == [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-  end
-
-  it "returns all but the last element with [0...-1]" do
-    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].send(@method, 0...-1).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-  end
-
-  it "returns [3] for [2..-1] out of [1, 2, 3]" do
-    [1,2,3].send(@method, 2..-1).should == [3]
-  end
-
-  it "returns an empty array when m > n and m, n are positive with [m..n]" do
-    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].send(@method, 3..2).should == []
-  end
-
-  it "returns an empty array when m > n and m, n are negative with [m..n]" do
-    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].send(@method, -2..-3).should == []
-  end
-
-  it "does not expand array when the indices are outside of the array bounds" do
-    a = [1, 2]
-    a.send(@method, 4).should == nil
-    a.should == [1, 2]
-    a.send(@method, 4, 0).should == nil
-    a.should == [1, 2]
-    a.send(@method, 6, 1).should == nil
-    a.should == [1, 2]
-    a.send(@method, 8...8).should == nil
-    a.should == [1, 2]
-    a.send(@method, 10..10).should == nil
-    a.should == [1, 2]
-  end
-
-  describe "with a subclass of Array" do
-    before :each do
-      ScratchPad.clear
-
-      @array = ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-    end
-
-    it "returns a Array instance with [n, m]" do
-      @array.send(@method, 0, 2).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    end
-
-    it "returns a Array instance with [-n, m]" do
-      @array.send(@method, -3, 2).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    end
-
-    it "returns a Array instance with [n..m]" do
-      @array.send(@method, 1..3).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    end
-
-    it "returns a Array instance with [n...m]" do
-      @array.send(@method, 1...3).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    end
-
-    it "returns a Array instance with [-n..-m]" do
-      @array.send(@method, -3..-1).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    end
-
-    it "returns a Array instance with [-n...-m]" do
-      @array.send(@method, -3...-1).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    end
-
-    it "returns an empty array when m == n with [m...n]" do
-      @array.send(@method, 1...1).should == []
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should be_nil
-    end
-
-    it "returns an empty array with [0...0]" do
-      @array.send(@method, 0...0).should == []
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should be_nil
-    end
-
-    it "returns an empty array when m > n and m, n are positive with [m..n]" do
-      @array.send(@method, 3..2).should == []
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should be_nil
-    end
-
-    it "returns an empty array when m > n and m, n are negative with [m..n]" do
-      @array.send(@method, -2..-3).should == []
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should be_nil
-    end
-
-    it "returns [] if index == array.size with [index, length]" do
-      @array.send(@method, 5, 2).should == []
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should be_nil
-    end
-
-    it "returns [] if the index is valid but length is zero with [index, length]" do
-      @array.send(@method, 0, 0).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, 2, 0).should == []
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should be_nil
-    end
-
-    it "does not call #initialize on the subclass instance" do
-      @array.send(@method, 0, 3).should == [1, 2, 3]
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should be_nil
-    end
-  end
-
-  it "raises a RangeError when the start index is out of range of Fixnum" do
-    array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
-    obj = mock('large value')
-    obj.should_receive(:to_int).and_return(bignum_value)
-    -> { array.send(@method, obj) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-
-    obj = 8e19
-    -> { array.send(@method, obj) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-
-    # boundary value when longs are 64 bits
-    -> { array.send(@method, 2.0**63) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-
-    # just under the boundary value when longs are 64 bits
-    array.send(@method, max_long.to_f.prev_float).should == nil
-  end
-
-  it "raises a RangeError when the length is out of range of Fixnum" do
-    array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
-    obj = mock('large value')
-    obj.should_receive(:to_int).and_return(bignum_value)
-    -> { array.send(@method, 1, obj) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-
-    obj = 8e19
-    -> { array.send(@method, 1, obj) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-  end
-
-  it "raises a type error if a range is passed with a length" do
-    ->{ [1, 2, 3].send(@method, 1..2, 1) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-  end
-
-  it "raises a RangeError if passed a range with a bound that is too large" do
-    array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
-    -> { array.send(@method, bignum_value..(bignum_value + 1)) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-    -> { array.send(@method, 0..bignum_value) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-  end
-
-  it "can accept endless ranges" do
-    a = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-    a.send(@method, eval("(2..)")).should == [2, 3, 4, 5]
-    a.send(@method, eval("(2...)")).should == [2, 3, 4, 5]
-    a.send(@method, eval("(-2..)")).should == [4, 5]
-    a.send(@method, eval("(-2...)")).should == [4, 5]
-    a.send(@method, eval("(9..)")).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, eval("(9...)")).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, eval("(-9..)")).should == nil
-    a.send(@method, eval("(-9...)")).should == nil
-  end
-
-  describe "can be sliced with Enumerator::ArithmeticSequence" do
-    before :each do
-      @array = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-    end
-
-    it "has endless range and positive steps" do
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0..).step(1)")).should == [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0..).step(2)")).should == [0, 2, 4]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0..).step(10)")).should == [0]
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(2..).step(1)")).should == [2, 3, 4, 5]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(2..).step(2)")).should == [2, 4]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(2..).step(10)")).should == [2]
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-3..).step(1)")).should == [3, 4, 5]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-3..).step(2)")).should == [3, 5]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-3..).step(10)")).should == [3]
-    end
-
-    it "has beginless range and positive steps" do
-      # end with zero index
-      @array.send(@method, (..0).step(1)).should == [0]
-      @array.send(@method, (...0).step(1)).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, (..0).step(2)).should == [0]
-      @array.send(@method, (...0).step(2)).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, (..0).step(10)).should == [0]
-      @array.send(@method, (...0).step(10)).should == []
-
-      # end with positive index
-      @array.send(@method, (..3).step(1)).should == [0, 1, 2, 3]
-      @array.send(@method, (...3).step(1)).should == [0, 1, 2]
-
-      @array.send(@method, (..3).step(2)).should == [0, 2]
-      @array.send(@method, (...3).step(2)).should == [0, 2]
-
-      @array.send(@method, (..3).step(10)).should == [0]
-      @array.send(@method, (...3).step(10)).should == [0]
-
-      # end with negative index
-      @array.send(@method, (..-2).step(1)).should == [0, 1, 2, 3, 4,]
-      @array.send(@method, (...-2).step(1)).should == [0, 1, 2, 3]
-
-      @array.send(@method, (..-2).step(2)).should == [0, 2, 4]
-      @array.send(@method, (...-2).step(2)).should == [0, 2]
-
-      @array.send(@method, (..-2).step(10)).should == [0]
-      @array.send(@method, (...-2).step(10)).should == [0]
-    end
-
-    it "has endless range and negative steps" do
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0..).step(-1)")).should == [0]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0..).step(-2)")).should == [0]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0..).step(-10)")).should == [0]
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(2..).step(-1)")).should == [2, 1, 0]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(2..).step(-2)")).should == [2, 0]
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-3..).step(-1)")).should == [3, 2, 1, 0]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-3..).step(-2)")).should == [3, 1]
-    end
-
-    it "has closed range and positive steps" do
-      # start and end with 0
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0..0).step(1)")).should == [0]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0...0).step(1)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0..0).step(2)")).should == [0]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0...0).step(2)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0..0).step(10)")).should == [0]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0...0).step(10)")).should == []
-
-      # start and end with positive index
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1..3).step(1)")).should == [1, 2, 3]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1...3).step(1)")).should == [1, 2]
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1..3).step(2)")).should == [1, 3]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1...3).step(2)")).should == [1]
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1..3).step(10)")).should == [1]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1...3).step(10)")).should == [1]
-
-      # start with positive index, end with negative index
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1..-2).step(1)")).should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1...-2).step(1)")).should == [1, 2, 3]
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1..-2).step(2)")).should ==  [1, 3]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1...-2).step(2)")).should ==  [1, 3]
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1..-2).step(10)")).should == [1]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1...-2).step(10)")).should == [1]
-
-      # start with negative index, end with positive index
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4..4).step(1)")).should == [2, 3, 4]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4...4).step(1)")).should == [2, 3]
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4..4).step(2)")).should == [2, 4]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4...4).step(2)")).should == [2]
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4..4).step(10)")).should == [2]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4...4).step(10)")).should == [2]
-
-      # start with negative index, end with negative index
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4..-2).step(1)")).should == [2, 3, 4]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4...-2).step(1)")).should == [2, 3]
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4..-2).step(2)")).should == [2, 4]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4...-2).step(2)")).should == [2]
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4..-2).step(10)")).should == [2]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4...-2).step(10)")).should == [2]
-    end
-
-    it "has closed range and negative steps" do
-      # start and end with 0
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0..0).step(-1)")).should == [0]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0...0).step(-1)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0..0).step(-2)")).should == [0]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0...0).step(-2)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0..0).step(-10)")).should == [0]
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(0...0).step(-10)")).should == []
-
-      # start and end with positive index
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1..3).step(-1)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1...3).step(-1)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1..3).step(-2)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1...3).step(-2)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1..3).step(-10)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1...3).step(-10)")).should == []
-
-      # start with positive index, end with negative index
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1..-2).step(-1)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1...-2).step(-1)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1..-2).step(-2)")).should ==  []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1...-2).step(-2)")).should ==  []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1..-2).step(-10)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(1...-2).step(-10)")).should == []
-
-      # start with negative index, end with positive index
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4..4).step(-1)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4...4).step(-1)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4..4).step(-2)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4...4).step(-2)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4..4).step(-10)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4...4).step(-10)")).should == []
-
-      # start with negative index, end with negative index
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4..-2).step(-1)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4...-2).step(-1)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4..-2).step(-2)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4...-2).step(-2)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4..-2).step(-10)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-4...-2).step(-10)")).should == []
-    end
-
-    it "has inverted closed range and positive steps" do
-      # start and end with positive index
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(3..1).step(1)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(3...1).step(1)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(3..1).step(2)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(3...1).step(2)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(3..1).step(10)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(3...1).step(10)")).should == []
-
-      # start with negative index, end with positive index
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-2..1).step(1)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-2...1).step(1)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-2..1).step(2)")).should ==  []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-2...1).step(2)")).should ==  []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-2..1).step(10)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-2...1).step(10)")).should == []
-
-      # start with positive index, end with negative index
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(4..-4).step(1)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(4...-4).step(1)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(4..-4).step(2)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(4...-4).step(2)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(4..-4).step(10)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(4...-4).step(10)")).should == []
-
-      # start with negative index, end with negative index
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-2..-4).step(1)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-2...-4).step(1)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-2..-4).step(2)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-2...-4).step(2)")).should == []
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-2..-4).step(10)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(-2...-4).step(10)")).should == []
-    end
-
-    it "has range with bounds outside of array" do
-      # end is equal to array's length
-      @array.send(@method, (0..6).step(1)).should == [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-      -> { @array.send(@method, (0..6).step(2)) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-
-      # end is greater than length with positive steps
-      @array.send(@method, (1..6).step(2)).should == [1, 3, 5]
-      @array.send(@method, (2..7).step(2)).should == [2, 4]
-      -> { @array.send(@method, (2..8).step(2)) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-
-      # begin is greater than length with negative steps
-      @array.send(@method, (6..1).step(-2)).should == [5, 3, 1]
-      @array.send(@method, (7..2).step(-2)).should == [5, 3]
-      -> { @array.send(@method, (8..2).step(-2)) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-    end
-
-    it "has endless range with start outside of array's bounds" do
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(6..).step(1)")).should == []
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(7..).step(1)")).should == nil
-
-      @array.send(@method, eval("(6..).step(2)")).should == []
-      -> { @array.send(@method, eval("(7..).step(2)")) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
-    end
-  end
-
-  it "can accept beginless ranges" do
-    a = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-    a.send(@method, (..3)).should == [0, 1, 2, 3]
-    a.send(@method, (...3)).should == [0, 1, 2]
-    a.send(@method, (..-3)).should == [0, 1, 2, 3]
-    a.send(@method, (...-3)).should == [0, 1, 2]
-    a.send(@method, (..0)).should == [0]
-    a.send(@method, (...0)).should == []
-    a.send(@method, (..9)).should == [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-    a.send(@method, (...9)).should == [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-    a.send(@method, (..-9)).should == []
-    a.send(@method, (...-9)).should == []
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is "3.2" do
-    describe "can be sliced with Enumerator::ArithmeticSequence" do
-      it "with infinite/inverted ranges and negative steps" do
-        @array = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-        @array.send(@method, (2..).step(-1)).should == [2, 1, 0]
-        @array.send(@method, (2..).step(-2)).should == [2, 0]
-        @array.send(@method, (2..).step(-3)).should == [2]
-        @array.send(@method, (2..).step(-4)).should == [2]
-
-        @array.send(@method, (-3..).step(-1)).should == [3, 2, 1, 0]
-        @array.send(@method, (-3..).step(-2)).should == [3, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (-3..).step(-3)).should == [3, 0]
-        @array.send(@method, (-3..).step(-4)).should == [3]
-        @array.send(@method, (-3..).step(-5)).should == [3]
-
-        @array.send(@method, (..0).step(-1)).should == [5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]
-        @array.send(@method, (..0).step(-2)).should == [5, 3, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (..0).step(-3)).should == [5, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (..0).step(-4)).should == [5, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (..0).step(-5)).should == [5, 0]
-        @array.send(@method, (..0).step(-6)).should == [5]
-        @array.send(@method, (..0).step(-7)).should == [5]
-
-        @array.send(@method, (...0).step(-1)).should == [5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (...0).step(-2)).should == [5, 3, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (...0).step(-3)).should == [5, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (...0).step(-4)).should == [5, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (...0).step(-5)).should == [5]
-        @array.send(@method, (...0).step(-6)).should == [5]
-
-        @array.send(@method, (...1).step(-1)).should == [5, 4, 3, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (...1).step(-2)).should == [5, 3]
-        @array.send(@method, (...1).step(-3)).should == [5, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (...1).step(-4)).should == [5]
-        @array.send(@method, (...1).step(-5)).should == [5]
-
-        @array.send(@method, (..-5).step(-1)).should == [5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (..-5).step(-2)).should == [5, 3, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (..-5).step(-3)).should == [5, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (..-5).step(-4)).should == [5, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (..-5).step(-5)).should == [5]
-        @array.send(@method, (..-5).step(-6)).should == [5]
-
-        @array.send(@method, (...-5).step(-1)).should == [5, 4, 3, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (...-5).step(-2)).should == [5, 3]
-        @array.send(@method, (...-5).step(-3)).should == [5, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (...-5).step(-4)).should == [5]
-        @array.send(@method, (...-5).step(-5)).should == [5]
-
-        @array.send(@method, (4..1).step(-1)).should == [4, 3, 2, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (4..1).step(-2)).should == [4, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (4..1).step(-3)).should == [4, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (4..1).step(-4)).should == [4]
-        @array.send(@method, (4..1).step(-5)).should == [4]
-
-        @array.send(@method, (4...1).step(-1)).should == [4, 3, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (4...1).step(-2)).should == [4, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (4...1).step(-3)).should == [4]
-        @array.send(@method, (4...1).step(-4)).should == [4]
-
-        @array.send(@method, (-2..1).step(-1)).should == [4, 3, 2, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (-2..1).step(-2)).should == [4, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (-2..1).step(-3)).should == [4, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (-2..1).step(-4)).should == [4]
-        @array.send(@method, (-2..1).step(-5)).should == [4]
-
-        @array.send(@method, (-2...1).step(-1)).should == [4, 3, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (-2...1).step(-2)).should == [4, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (-2...1).step(-3)).should == [4]
-        @array.send(@method, (-2...1).step(-4)).should == [4]
-
-        @array.send(@method, (4..-5).step(-1)).should == [4, 3, 2, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (4..-5).step(-2)).should == [4, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (4..-5).step(-3)).should == [4, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (4..-5).step(-4)).should == [4]
-        @array.send(@method, (4..-5).step(-5)).should == [4]
-
-        @array.send(@method, (4...-5).step(-1)).should == [4, 3, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (4...-5).step(-2)).should == [4, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (4...-5).step(-3)).should == [4]
-        @array.send(@method, (4...-5).step(-4)).should == [4]
-
-        @array.send(@method, (-2..-5).step(-1)).should == [4, 3, 2, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (-2..-5).step(-2)).should == [4, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (-2..-5).step(-3)).should == [4, 1]
-        @array.send(@method, (-2..-5).step(-4)).should == [4]
-        @array.send(@method, (-2..-5).step(-5)).should == [4]
-
-        @array.send(@method, (-2...-5).step(-1)).should == [4, 3, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (-2...-5).step(-2)).should == [4, 2]
-        @array.send(@method, (-2...-5).step(-3)).should == [4]
-        @array.send(@method, (-2...-5).step(-4)).should == [4]
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  it "can accept nil...nil ranges" do
-    a = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-    a.send(@method, eval("(nil...nil)")).should == a
-    a.send(@method, (...nil)).should == a
-    a.send(@method, eval("(nil..)")).should == a
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/union.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/union.rb
index 0b60df9ca4..0b225b9a31 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/union.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/union.rb
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ describe :array_binary_union, shared: true do
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instances for Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, []).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    [].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, []).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]).should.instance_of?(Array)
+    [].send(@method, ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "does not call to_ary on array subclasses" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/unshift.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/unshift.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4941e098f6..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shared/unshift.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-describe :array_unshift, shared: true do
-  it "prepends object to the original array" do
-    a = [1, 2, 3]
-    a.send(@method, "a").should equal(a)
-    a.should == ['a', 1, 2, 3]
-    a.send(@method).should equal(a)
-    a.should == ['a', 1, 2, 3]
-    a.send(@method, 5, 4, 3)
-    a.should == [5, 4, 3, 'a', 1, 2, 3]
-
-    # shift all but one element
-    a = [1, 2]
-    a.shift
-    a.send(@method, 3, 4)
-    a.should == [3, 4, 2]
-
-    # now shift all elements
-    a.shift
-    a.shift
-    a.shift
-    a.send(@method, 3, 4)
-    a.should == [3, 4]
-  end
-
-  it "returns self" do
-    a = [1, 2, 3]
-    a.send(@method, "a").should.equal?(a)
-  end
-
-  it "quietly ignores unshifting nothing" do
-    [].send(@method).should == []
-  end
-
-  it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
-    empty = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
-    empty.send(@method, :new).should == [:new, empty]
-
-    array = ArraySpecs.recursive_array
-    array.send(@method, :new)
-    array[0..5].should == [:new, 1, 'two', 3.0, array, array]
-  end
-
-  it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array when the array is modified" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.send(@method, 1) }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-  end
-
-  # see [ruby-core:23666]
-  it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array when the array would not be modified" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.send(@method) }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-  end
-
-  # https://github.com/oracle/truffleruby/issues/2772
-  it "doesn't rely on Array#[]= so it can be overridden" do
-    subclass = Class.new(Array) do
-      def []=(*)
-        raise "[]= is called"
-      end
-    end
-
-    array = subclass.new
-    array.send(@method, 1)
-    array.should == [1]
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shift_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shift_spec.rb
index 6b4ef39f77..09dfa79c45 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shift_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/shift_spec.rb
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ describe "Array#shift" do
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.shift }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.shift }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
   it "raises a FrozenError on an empty frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.shift }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.shift }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   describe "passed a number n as an argument" do
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe "Array#shift" do
       popped2.should == []
       a.should == []
 
-      popped1.should_not equal(popped2)
+      popped1.should_not.equal?(popped2)
     end
 
     it "returns whole elements if n exceeds size of the array" do
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ describe "Array#shift" do
 
     it "does not return self even when it returns whole elements" do
       a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-      a.shift(5).should_not equal(a)
+      a.shift(5).should_not.equal?(a)
 
       a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-      a.shift(6).should_not equal(a)
+      a.shift(6).should_not.equal?(a)
     end
 
     it "raises an ArgumentError if n is negative" do
-      ->{ [1, 2, 3].shift(-1) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+      ->{ [1, 2, 3].shift(-1) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
     end
 
     it "tries to convert n to an Integer using #to_int" do
@@ -105,16 +105,16 @@ describe "Array#shift" do
     end
 
     it "raises a TypeError when the passed n cannot be coerced to Integer" do
-      ->{ [1, 2].shift("cat") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-      ->{ [1, 2].shift(nil) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+      ->{ [1, 2].shift("cat") }.should.raise(TypeError)
+      ->{ [1, 2].shift(nil) }.should.raise(TypeError)
     end
 
     it "raises an ArgumentError if more arguments are passed" do
-      ->{ [1, 2].shift(1, 2) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+      ->{ [1, 2].shift(1, 2) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
     end
 
     it "does not return subclass instances with Array subclass" do
-      ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].shift(2).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+      ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].shift(2).should.instance_of?(Array)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/shuffle_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/shuffle_spec.rb
index 1d528c124f..9bc9df73ac 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/shuffle_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/shuffle_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe "Array#shuffle" do
       s.sort.should == a
       different ||= (a != s)
     end
-    different.should be_true # Will fail once in a blue moon (4!^10)
+    different.should == true # Will fail once in a blue moon (4!^10)
   end
 
   it "is not destructive" do
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe "Array#shuffle" do
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instances with Array subclass" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].shuffle.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].shuffle.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "calls #rand on the Object passed by the :random key in the arguments Hash" do
@@ -31,24 +31,24 @@ describe "Array#shuffle" do
 
     result = [1, 2].shuffle(random: obj)
     result.size.should == 2
-    result.should include(1, 2)
+    result.sort.should == [1, 2]
   end
 
   it "raises a NoMethodError if an object passed for the RNG does not define #rand" do
     obj = BasicObject.new
 
-    -> { [1, 2].shuffle(random: obj) }.should raise_error(NoMethodError)
+    -> { [1, 2].shuffle(random: obj) }.should.raise(NoMethodError)
   end
 
   it "accepts a Float for the value returned by #rand" do
     random = mock("array_shuffle_random")
     random.should_receive(:rand).at_least(1).times.and_return(0.3)
 
-    [1, 2].shuffle(random: random).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    [1, 2].shuffle(random: random).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "accepts a Random class for the value for random: argument" do
-    [1, 2].shuffle(random: Random).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    [1, 2].shuffle(random: Random).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "calls #to_int on the Object returned by #rand" do
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe "Array#shuffle" do
     random = mock("array_shuffle_random")
     random.should_receive(:rand).at_least(1).times.and_return(value)
 
-    [1, 2].shuffle(random: random).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    [1, 2].shuffle(random: random).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "raises a RangeError if the value is less than zero" do
@@ -66,16 +66,25 @@ describe "Array#shuffle" do
     random = mock("array_shuffle_random")
     random.should_receive(:rand).and_return(value)
 
-    -> { [1, 2].shuffle(random: random) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+    -> { [1, 2].shuffle(random: random) }.should.raise(RangeError)
   end
 
-  it "raises a RangeError if the value is equal to one" do
+  it "raises a RangeError if the value is equal to the Array size" do
     value = mock("array_shuffle_random_value")
-    value.should_receive(:to_int).at_least(1).times.and_return(1)
+    value.should_receive(:to_int).at_least(1).times.and_return(2)
     random = mock("array_shuffle_random")
     random.should_receive(:rand).at_least(1).times.and_return(value)
 
-    -> { [1, 2].shuffle(random: random) }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+    -> { [1, 2].shuffle(random: random) }.should.raise(RangeError)
+  end
+
+  it "raises a RangeError if the value is greater than the Array size" do
+    value = mock("array_shuffle_random_value")
+    value.should_receive(:to_int).at_least(1).times.and_return(3)
+    random = mock("array_shuffle_random")
+    random.should_receive(:rand).at_least(1).times.and_return(value)
+
+    -> { [1, 2].shuffle(random: random) }.should.raise(RangeError)
   end
 end
 
@@ -89,13 +98,13 @@ describe "Array#shuffle!" do
       a.sort.should == [1, 2, 3, 4]
       different ||= (a != [1, 2, 3, 4])
     end
-    different.should be_true # Will fail once in a blue moon (4!^10)
-    a.should equal(original)
+    different.should == true # Will fail once in a blue moon (4!^10)
+    a.should.equal?(original)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.shuffle! }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.shuffle! }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.shuffle! }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.shuffle! }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "matches CRuby with random:" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/size_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/size_spec.rb
index d68f956a83..83e8969012 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/size_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/size_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/length'
 
 describe "Array#size" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_length, :size
+  it "is an alias of Array#length" do
+    Array.instance_method(:size).should == Array.instance_method(:length)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/slice_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/slice_spec.rb
index 731c129251..230d1dc5d1 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/slice_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/slice_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/slice'
 
 describe "Array#slice!" do
   it "removes and return the element at index" do
@@ -116,8 +115,8 @@ describe "Array#slice!" do
     a.slice!(from .. to).should == [2, 3, 4]
     a.should == [1, 5]
 
-    -> { a.slice!("a" .. "b")  }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-    -> { a.slice!(from .. "b") }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { a.slice!("a" .. "b")  }.should.raise(TypeError)
+    -> { a.slice!(from .. "b") }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "returns last element for consecutive calls at zero index" do
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ describe "Array#slice!" do
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.slice!(0, 0) }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.slice!(0, 0) }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "works with endless ranges" do
@@ -188,31 +187,33 @@ describe "Array#slice!" do
     end
 
     it "returns a Array instance with [n, m]" do
-      @array.slice!(0, 2).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+      @array.slice!(0, 2).should.instance_of?(Array)
     end
 
     it "returns a Array instance with [-n, m]" do
-      @array.slice!(-3, 2).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+      @array.slice!(-3, 2).should.instance_of?(Array)
     end
 
     it "returns a Array instance with [n..m]" do
-      @array.slice!(1..3).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+      @array.slice!(1..3).should.instance_of?(Array)
     end
 
     it "returns a Array instance with [n...m]" do
-      @array.slice!(1...3).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+      @array.slice!(1...3).should.instance_of?(Array)
     end
 
     it "returns a Array instance with [-n..-m]" do
-      @array.slice!(-3..-1).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+      @array.slice!(-3..-1).should.instance_of?(Array)
     end
 
     it "returns a Array instance with [-n...-m]" do
-      @array.slice!(-3...-1).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+      @array.slice!(-3...-1).should.instance_of?(Array)
     end
   end
 end
 
 describe "Array#slice" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_slice, :slice
+  it "is an alias of Array#[]" do
+    Array.instance_method(:slice).should == Array.instance_method(:[])
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/sort_by_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/sort_by_spec.rb
index 0334f953f6..132abb028a 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/sort_by_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/sort_by_spec.rb
@@ -11,30 +11,30 @@ describe "Array#sort_by!" do
   end
 
   it "returns an Enumerator if not given a block" do
-    (1..10).to_a.sort_by!.should be_an_instance_of(Enumerator)
+    (1..10).to_a.sort_by!.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
   end
 
   it "completes when supplied a block that always returns the same result" do
     a = [2, 3, 5, 1, 4]
     a.sort_by!{  1 }
-    a.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    a.should.instance_of?(Array)
     a.sort_by!{  0 }
-    a.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    a.should.instance_of?(Array)
     a.sort_by!{ -1 }
-    a.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    a.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.sort_by! {}}.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.sort_by! {}}.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on an empty frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.sort_by! {}}.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.sort_by! {}}.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array only during iteration if called without a block" do
     enum = ArraySpecs.frozen_array.sort_by!
-    -> { enum.each {} }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { enum.each {} }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "returns the specified value when it would break in the given block" do
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe "Array#sort_by!" do
       ary.sort_by!{|x,y| break if x==i; x<=>y}
       ary
     }
-    partially_sorted.any?{|ary| ary != [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}.should be_true
+    partially_sorted.any?{|ary| ary != [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}.should == true
   end
 
   it "changes nothing when called on a single element array" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/sort_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/sort_spec.rb
index e20b650516..27300c3385 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/sort_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/sort_spec.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe "Array#sort" do
     a = [1, 2, 3]
     sorted = a.sort
     sorted.should == a
-    sorted.should_not equal(a)
+    sorted.should_not.equal?(a)
   end
 
   it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe "Array#sort" do
 
     -> {
       [o, 1].sort
-    }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "may take a block which is used to determine the order of objects a and b described as -1, 0 or +1" do
@@ -78,28 +78,28 @@ describe "Array#sort" do
   end
 
   it "raises an error when a given block returns nil" do
-    -> { [1, 2].sort {} }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [1, 2].sort {} }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "does not call #<=> on contained objects when invoked with a block" do
     a = Array.new(25)
     (0...25).each {|i| a[i] = ArraySpecs::UFOSceptic.new }
 
-    a.sort { -1 }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    a.sort { -1 }.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "does not call #<=> on elements when invoked with a block even if Array is large (Rubinius #412)" do
     a = Array.new(1500)
     (0...1500).each {|i| a[i] = ArraySpecs::UFOSceptic.new }
 
-    a.sort { -1 }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    a.sort { -1 }.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "completes when supplied a block that always returns the same result" do
     a = [2, 3, 5, 1, 4]
-    a.sort {  1 }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    a.sort {  0 }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    a.sort { -1 }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    a.sort {  1 }.should.instance_of?(Array)
+    a.sort {  0 }.should.instance_of?(Array)
+    a.sort { -1 }.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "does not freezes self during being sorted" do
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ describe "Array#sort" do
     }.should == [-4, 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12]
     -> {
       a.sort { |n, m| (n - m).to_s }
-    }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "sorts an array that has a value shifted off without a block" do
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ describe "Array#sort" do
 
   it "raises an error if objects can't be compared" do
     a=[ArraySpecs::Uncomparable.new, ArraySpecs::Uncomparable.new]
-    -> {a.sort}.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> {a.sort}.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   # From a strange Rubinius bug
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe "Array#sort" do
 
   it "does not return subclass instance on Array subclasses" do
     ary = ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]
-    ary.sort.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ary.sort.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 end
 
@@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ describe "Array#sort!" do
 
   it "returns self if the order of elements changed" do
     a = [6, 7, 2, 3, 7]
-    a.sort!.should equal(a)
+    a.sort!.should.equal?(a)
     a.should == [2, 3, 6, 7, 7]
   end
 
   it "returns self even if makes no modification" do
     a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-    a.sort!.should equal(a)
+    a.sort!.should.equal?(a)
     a.should == [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
   end
 
@@ -216,25 +216,25 @@ describe "Array#sort!" do
     a = Array.new(25)
     (0...25).each {|i| a[i] = ArraySpecs::UFOSceptic.new }
 
-    a.sort! { -1 }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    a.sort! { -1 }.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "does not call #<=> on elements when invoked with a block even if Array is large (Rubinius #412)" do
     a = Array.new(1500)
     (0...1500).each {|i| a[i] = ArraySpecs::UFOSceptic.new }
 
-    a.sort! { -1 }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    a.sort! { -1 }.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "completes when supplied a block that always returns the same result" do
     a = [2, 3, 5, 1, 4]
-    a.sort!{  1 }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    a.sort!{  0 }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    a.sort!{ -1 }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    a.sort!{  1 }.should.instance_of?(Array)
+    a.sort!{  0 }.should.instance_of?(Array)
+    a.sort!{ -1 }.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.sort! }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.sort! }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "returns the specified value when it would break in the given block" do
@@ -247,6 +247,6 @@ describe "Array#sort!" do
       ary.sort!{|x,y| break if x==i; x<=>y}
       ary
     }
-    partially_sorted.any?{|ary| ary != [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}.should be_true
+    partially_sorted.any?{|ary| ary != [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}.should == true
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/sum_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/sum_spec.rb
index 06abe06135..cd4ba4c2d8 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/sum_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/sum_spec.rb
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ describe "Array#sum" do
   end
 
   it 'raises TypeError if any element are not numeric' do
-    -> { ["a"].sum }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { ["a"].sum }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it 'raises TypeError if any element cannot be added to init value' do
-    -> { [1].sum([]) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [1].sum([]) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "calls + to sum the elements" do
@@ -74,13 +74,11 @@ describe "Array#sum" do
     [b].sum(a).should == 42
   end
 
-  ruby_bug '#19530', ''...'3.3' do
-    it "calls + on the init value" do
-      a = mock("a")
-      b = mock("b")
-      a.should_receive(:+).with(42).and_return(b)
-      [42].sum(a).should == b
-    end
+  it "calls + on the init value" do
+    a = mock("a")
+    b = mock("b")
+    a.should_receive(:+).with(42).and_return(b)
+    [42].sum(a).should == b
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/take_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/take_spec.rb
index c4f0ac9aa4..837c734b77 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/take_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/take_spec.rb
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ describe "Array#take" do
   end
 
   it "raises an ArgumentError when the argument is negative" do
-    ->{ [1].take(-3) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    ->{ [1].take(-3) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it 'returns a Array instance for Array subclasses' do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3, 4, 5].take(1).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3, 4, 5].take(1).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/take_while_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/take_while_spec.rb
index 8f50260b42..7811edab9e 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/take_while_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/take_while_spec.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe "Array#take_while" do
   end
 
   it 'returns a Array instance for Array subclasses' do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3, 4, 5].take_while { |n| n < 4 }.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3, 4, 5].take_while { |n| n < 4 }.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/to_a_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/to_a_spec.rb
index 49d0a4782e..078de1638a 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/to_a_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/to_a_spec.rb
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ describe "Array#to_a" do
   it "returns self" do
     a = [1, 2, 3]
     a.to_a.should == [1, 2, 3]
-    a.should equal(a.to_a)
+    a.should.equal?(a.to_a)
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instance on Array subclasses" do
     e = ArraySpecs::MyArray.new(1, 2)
-    e.to_a.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    e.to_a.should.instance_of?(Array)
     e.to_a.should == [1, 2]
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/to_ary_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/to_ary_spec.rb
index 314699b709..dc5193158d 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/to_ary_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/to_ary_spec.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 describe "Array#to_ary" do
   it "returns self" do
     a = [1, 2, 3]
-    a.should equal(a.to_ary)
+    a.should.equal?(a.to_ary)
     a = ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3]
-    a.should equal(a.to_ary)
+    a.should.equal?(a.to_ary)
   end
 
   it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/to_h_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/to_h_spec.rb
index f4578211a1..1d626763c2 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/to_h_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/to_h_spec.rb
@@ -25,19 +25,19 @@ describe "Array#to_h" do
   end
 
   it "raises TypeError if an element is not an array" do
-    -> { [:x].to_h }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [:x].to_h }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "raises ArgumentError if an element is not a [key, value] pair" do
-    -> { [[:x]].to_h }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [[:x]].to_h }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "does not accept arguments" do
-    -> { [].to_h(:a, :b) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { [].to_h(:a, :b) }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "produces a hash that returns nil for a missing element" do
-    [[:a, 1], [:b, 2]].to_h[:c].should be_nil
+    [[:a, 1], [:b, 2]].to_h[:c].should == nil
   end
 
   context "with block" do
@@ -45,20 +45,26 @@ describe "Array#to_h" do
       [:a, :b].to_h { |k| [k, k.to_s] }.should == { a: 'a', b: 'b' }
     end
 
+    it "passes to a block each element as a single argument" do
+      ScratchPad.record []
+      [[:a, 1], [:b, 2]].to_h { |*args| ScratchPad << args; [args[0], args[1]] }
+      ScratchPad.recorded.sort.should == [[[:a, 1]], [[:b, 2]]]
+    end
+
     it "raises ArgumentError if block returns longer or shorter array" do
       -> do
         [:a, :b].to_h { |k| [k, k.to_s, 1] }
-      end.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /wrong array length at 0/)
+      end.should.raise(ArgumentError, /wrong array length at 0/)
 
       -> do
         [:a, :b].to_h { |k| [k] }
-      end.should raise_error(ArgumentError, /wrong array length at 0/)
+      end.should.raise(ArgumentError, /wrong array length at 0/)
     end
 
     it "raises TypeError if block returns something other than Array" do
       -> do
         [:a, :b].to_h { |k| "not-array" }
-      end.should raise_error(TypeError, /wrong element type String at 0/)
+      end.should.raise(TypeError, /wrong element type String at 0/)
     end
 
     it "coerces returned pair to Array with #to_ary" do
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ describe "Array#to_h" do
 
       -> do
         [:a].to_h { |k| x }
-      end.should raise_error(TypeError, /wrong element type MockObject at 0/)
+      end.should.raise(TypeError, /wrong element type MockObject at 0/)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/to_s_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/to_s_spec.rb
index e8476702ec..483e14f902 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/to_s_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/to_s_spec.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/join'
-require_relative 'shared/inspect'
 
 describe "Array#to_s" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_inspect, :to_s
+  it "is an alias of Array#inspect" do
+    Array.instance_method(:to_s).should == Array.instance_method(:inspect)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/transpose_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/transpose_spec.rb
index b39077f4c9..d45e9c351c 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/transpose_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/transpose_spec.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe "Array#transpose" do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError if the passed Argument does not respond to #to_ary" do
-    -> { [Object.new, [:a, :b]].transpose }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { [Object.new, [:a, :b]].transpose }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 
   it "does not call to_ary on array subclass elements" do
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ describe "Array#transpose" do
   end
 
   it "raises an IndexError if the arrays are not of the same length" do
-    -> { [[1, 2], [:a]].transpose }.should raise_error(IndexError)
+    -> { [[1, 2], [:a]].transpose }.should.raise(IndexError)
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instance on Array subclasses" do
     result = ArraySpecs::MyArray[ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3], ArraySpecs::MyArray[4, 5, 6]].transpose
-    result.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    result[0].should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-    result[1].should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    result.should.instance_of?(Array)
+    result[0].should.instance_of?(Array)
+    result[1].should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/try_convert_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/try_convert_spec.rb
index bea8815006..3eaa0f4b7c 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/try_convert_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/try_convert_spec.rb
@@ -4,47 +4,47 @@ require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 describe "Array.try_convert" do
   it "returns the argument if it's an Array" do
     x = Array.new
-    Array.try_convert(x).should equal(x)
+    Array.try_convert(x).should.equal?(x)
   end
 
   it "returns the argument if it's a kind of Array" do
     x = ArraySpecs::MyArray[]
-    Array.try_convert(x).should equal(x)
+    Array.try_convert(x).should.equal?(x)
   end
 
   it "returns nil when the argument does not respond to #to_ary" do
-    Array.try_convert(Object.new).should be_nil
+    Array.try_convert(Object.new).should == nil
   end
 
   it "sends #to_ary to the argument and returns the result if it's nil" do
     obj = mock("to_ary")
     obj.should_receive(:to_ary).and_return(nil)
-    Array.try_convert(obj).should be_nil
+    Array.try_convert(obj).should == nil
   end
 
   it "sends #to_ary to the argument and returns the result if it's an Array" do
     x = Array.new
     obj = mock("to_ary")
     obj.should_receive(:to_ary).and_return(x)
-    Array.try_convert(obj).should equal(x)
+    Array.try_convert(obj).should.equal?(x)
   end
 
   it "sends #to_ary to the argument and returns the result if it's a kind of Array" do
     x = ArraySpecs::MyArray[]
     obj = mock("to_ary")
     obj.should_receive(:to_ary).and_return(x)
-    Array.try_convert(obj).should equal(x)
+    Array.try_convert(obj).should.equal?(x)
   end
 
   it "sends #to_ary to the argument and raises TypeError if it's not a kind of Array" do
     obj = mock("to_ary")
     obj.should_receive(:to_ary).and_return(Object.new)
-    -> { Array.try_convert obj }.should raise_error(TypeError, "can't convert MockObject to Array (MockObject#to_ary gives Object)")
+    -> { Array.try_convert obj }.should raise_consistent_error(TypeError, "can't convert MockObject into Array (MockObject#to_ary gives Object)")
   end
 
   it "does not rescue exceptions raised by #to_ary" do
     obj = mock("to_ary")
     obj.should_receive(:to_ary).and_raise(RuntimeError)
-    -> { Array.try_convert obj }.should raise_error(RuntimeError)
+    -> { Array.try_convert obj }.should.raise(RuntimeError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/union_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/union_spec.rb
index ba2cc0d6b7..110894e83d 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/union_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/union_spec.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe "Array#union" do
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instances for Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].union.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].union.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "accepts multiple arguments" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/uniq_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/uniq_spec.rb
index d5d826db15..0289bee7c2 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/uniq_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/uniq_spec.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe "Array#uniq" do
   end
 
   it "returns Array instance on Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].uniq.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].uniq.should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "properly handles an identical item even when its #eql? isn't reflexive" do
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ describe "Array#uniq!" do
 
   it "returns self" do
     a = [ "a", "a", "b", "b", "c" ]
-    a.should equal(a.uniq!)
+    a.should.equal?(a.uniq!)
   end
 
   it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
@@ -185,17 +185,17 @@ describe "Array#uniq!" do
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array when the array is modified" do
     dup_ary = [1, 1, 2]
     dup_ary.freeze
-    -> { dup_ary.uniq! }.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { dup_ary.uniq! }.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   # see [ruby-core:23666]
   it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array when the array would not be modified" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.uniq!}.should raise_error(FrozenError)
-    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.uniq!}.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.uniq!}.should.raise(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.empty_frozen_array.uniq!}.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "doesn't yield to the block on a frozen array" do
-    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.uniq!{ raise RangeError, "shouldn't yield"}}.should raise_error(FrozenError)
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.uniq!{ raise RangeError, "shouldn't yield"}}.should.raise(FrozenError)
   end
 
   it "compares elements based on the value returned from the block" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/unshift_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/unshift_spec.rb
index b8b675e5f8..c190db4d02 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/unshift_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/unshift_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,67 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/unshift'
 
 describe "Array#unshift" do
-  it_behaves_like :array_unshift, :unshift
+  it "prepends object to the original array" do
+    a = [1, 2, 3]
+    a.unshift("a").should.equal?(a)
+    a.should == ['a', 1, 2, 3]
+    a.unshift.should.equal?(a)
+    a.should == ['a', 1, 2, 3]
+    a.unshift(5, 4, 3)
+    a.should == [5, 4, 3, 'a', 1, 2, 3]
+
+    # shift all but one element
+    a = [1, 2]
+    a.shift
+    a.unshift(3, 4)
+    a.should == [3, 4, 2]
+
+    # now shift all elements
+    a.shift
+    a.shift
+    a.shift
+    a.unshift(3, 4)
+    a.should == [3, 4]
+  end
+
+  it "returns self" do
+    a = [1, 2, 3]
+    a.unshift("a").should.equal?(a)
+  end
+
+  it "quietly ignores unshifting nothing" do
+    [].unshift.should == []
+  end
+
+  it "properly handles recursive arrays" do
+    empty = ArraySpecs.empty_recursive_array
+    empty.unshift(:new).should == [:new, empty]
+
+    array = ArraySpecs.recursive_array
+    array.unshift(:new)
+    array[0..5].should == [:new, 1, 'two', 3.0, array, array]
+  end
+
+  it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array when the array is modified" do
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.unshift(1) }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+  end
+
+  # see [ruby-core:23666]
+  it "raises a FrozenError on a frozen array when the array would not be modified" do
+    -> { ArraySpecs.frozen_array.unshift }.should.raise(FrozenError)
+  end
+
+  # https://github.com/truffleruby/truffleruby/issues/2772
+  it "doesn't rely on Array#[]= so it can be overridden" do
+    subclass = Class.new(Array) do
+      def []=(*)
+        raise "[]= is called"
+      end
+    end
+
+    array = subclass.new
+    array.unshift(1)
+    array.should == [1]
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/values_at_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/values_at_spec.rb
index e85bbee400..e11e7e4451 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/values_at_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/values_at_spec.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe "Array#values_at" do
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instance on Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].values_at(0, 1..2, 1).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].values_at(0, 1..2, 1).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "works when given endless ranges" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/array/zip_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/array/zip_spec.rb
index 2a0f64cb49..3ccdf143d6 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/array/zip_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/array/zip_spec.rb
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ describe "Array#zip" do
   end
 
   it "does not return subclass instance on Array subclasses" do
-    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].zip(["a", "b"]).should be_an_instance_of(Array)
+    ArraySpecs::MyArray[1, 2, 3].zip(["a", "b"]).should.instance_of?(Array)
   end
 
   it "raises TypeError when some argument isn't Array and doesn't respond to #to_ary and #to_enum" do
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].zip(Object.new) }.should raise_error(TypeError, "wrong argument type Object (must respond to :each)")
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].zip(1) }.should raise_error(TypeError, "wrong argument type Integer (must respond to :each)")
-    -> { [1, 2, 3].zip(true) }.should raise_error(TypeError, "wrong argument type TrueClass (must respond to :each)")
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].zip(Object.new) }.should.raise(TypeError, "wrong argument type Object (must respond to :each)")
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].zip(1) }.should.raise(TypeError, "wrong argument type Integer (must respond to :each)")
+    -> { [1, 2, 3].zip(true) }.should.raise(TypeError, "wrong argument type TrueClass (must respond to :each)")
   end
 end