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+require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+
+describe "Class#allocate" do
+  it "returns an instance of self" do
+    klass = Class.new
+    klass.allocate.should be_an_instance_of(klass)
+  end
+
+  it "returns a fully-formed instance of Module" do
+    klass = Class.allocate
+    klass.constants.should_not == nil
+    klass.methods.should_not == nil
+  end
+
+  it "throws an exception when calling a method on a new instance" do
+    klass = Class.allocate
+    lambda do
+      klass.new
+    end.should raise_error(Exception)
+  end
+
+  it "does not call initialize on the new instance" do
+    klass = Class.new do
+      def initialize(*args)
+        @initialized = true
+      end
+
+      def initialized?
+        @initialized || false
+      end
+    end
+
+    klass.allocate.initialized?.should == false
+  end
+
+  it "raises TypeError for #superclass" do
+    lambda do
+      Class.allocate.superclass
+    end.should raise_error(TypeError)
+  end
+end