1 files changed, 12 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/exception/exception_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/exception/exception_spec.rb
index 3a01366920..d6f5283bd9 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/exception/exception_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/exception/exception_spec.rb
@@ -6,48 +6,6 @@ describe "Exception.exception" do
   it_behaves_like :exception_new, :exception
 end
 
-describe "Exception" do
-  it "is a Class" do
-    Exception.should be_kind_of(Class)
-  end
-
-  it "is a superclass of NoMemoryError" do
-    Exception.should be_ancestor_of(NoMemoryError)
-  end
-
-  it "is a superclass of ScriptError" do
-    Exception.should be_ancestor_of(ScriptError)
-  end
-
-  it "is a superclass of SignalException" do
-    Exception.should be_ancestor_of(SignalException)
-  end
-
-  it "is a superclass of Interrupt" do
-    SignalException.should be_ancestor_of(Interrupt)
-  end
-
-  it "is a superclass of StandardError" do
-    Exception.should be_ancestor_of(StandardError)
-  end
-
-  it "is a superclass of SystemExit" do
-    Exception.should be_ancestor_of(SystemExit)
-  end
-
-  it "is a superclass of SystemStackError" do
-    Exception.should be_ancestor_of(SystemStackError)
-  end
-
-  it "is a superclass of SecurityError" do
-    Exception.should be_ancestor_of(SecurityError)
-  end
-
-  it "is a superclass of EncodingError" do
-    Exception.should be_ancestor_of(EncodingError)
-  end
-end
-
 describe "Exception#exception" do
   it "returns self when passed no argument" do
     e = RuntimeError.new
@@ -82,6 +40,18 @@ describe "Exception#exception" do
     raised_second.should == caught_second
   end
 
+  it "captures an exception into $!" do
+    exception = begin
+      raise
+    rescue RuntimeError
+      $!
+    end
+
+    exception.class.should == RuntimeError
+    exception.message.should == ""
+    exception.backtrace.first.should =~ /exception_spec/
+  end
+
   class CustomArgumentError < StandardError
     attr_reader :val
     def initialize(val)