1 files changed, 26 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/external_encoding_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/external_encoding_spec.rb
index c1b727d930..72d246cc2b 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/external_encoding_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/external_encoding_spec.rb
@@ -10,19 +10,19 @@ describe :io_external_encoding_write, shared: true do
     it "returns nil" do
       @io = new_io @name, @object
       Encoding.default_external = Encoding::IBM437
-      @io.external_encoding.should be_nil
+      @io.external_encoding.should == nil
     end
 
     it "returns the external encoding specified when the instance was created" do
       @io = new_io @name, "#{@object}:ibm866"
       Encoding.default_external = Encoding::IBM437
-      @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::IBM866)
+      @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::IBM866)
     end
 
     it "returns the encoding set by #set_encoding" do
       @io = new_io @name, "#{@object}:ibm866"
       @io.set_encoding Encoding::EUC_JP, nil
-      @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::EUC_JP)
+      @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::EUC_JP)
     end
   end
 
@@ -35,19 +35,19 @@ describe :io_external_encoding_write, shared: true do
     it "returns the value of Encoding.default_external when the instance was created" do
       @io = new_io @name, @object
       Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8
-      @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::IBM437)
+      @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::IBM437)
     end
 
     it "returns the external encoding specified when the instance was created" do
       @io = new_io @name, "#{@object}:ibm866"
       Encoding.default_external = Encoding::IBM437
-      @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::IBM866)
+      @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::IBM866)
     end
 
     it "returns the encoding set by #set_encoding" do
       @io = new_io @name, "#{@object}:ibm866"
       @io.set_encoding Encoding::EUC_JP, nil
-      @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::EUC_JP)
+      @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::EUC_JP)
     end
   end
 
@@ -60,19 +60,19 @@ describe :io_external_encoding_write, shared: true do
     it "returns the value of Encoding.default_external when the instance was created" do
       @io = new_io @name, @object
       Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8
-      @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::IBM866)
+      @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::IBM866)
     end
 
     it "returns the external encoding specified when the instance was created" do
       @io = new_io @name, "#{@object}:ibm866"
       Encoding.default_external = Encoding::IBM437
-      @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::IBM866)
+      @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::IBM866)
     end
 
     it "returns the encoding set by #set_encoding" do
       @io = new_io @name, "#{@object}:ibm866"
       @io.set_encoding Encoding::EUC_JP, nil
-      @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::EUC_JP)
+      @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::EUC_JP)
     end
   end
 end
@@ -94,8 +94,10 @@ describe "IO#external_encoding" do
     rm_r @name
   end
 
-  it "raises an IOError on closed stream" do
-    -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.external_encoding }.should raise_error(IOError)
+  it "can be retrieved from a closed stream" do
+    io = IOSpecs.io_fixture("lines.txt", "r")
+    io.close
+    io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding.default_external)
   end
 
   describe "with 'r' mode" do
@@ -107,25 +109,25 @@ describe "IO#external_encoding" do
 
       it "returns Encoding.default_external if the external encoding is not set" do
         @io = new_io @name, "r"
-        @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::IBM866)
+        @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::IBM866)
       end
 
       it "returns Encoding.default_external when that encoding is changed after the instance is created" do
         @io = new_io @name, "r"
         Encoding.default_external = Encoding::IBM437
-        @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::IBM437)
+        @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::IBM437)
       end
 
       it "returns the external encoding specified when the instance was created" do
         @io = new_io @name, "r:utf-8"
         Encoding.default_external = Encoding::IBM437
-        @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::UTF_8)
+        @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::UTF_8)
       end
 
       it "returns the encoding set by #set_encoding" do
         @io = new_io @name, "r:utf-8"
         @io.set_encoding Encoding::EUC_JP, nil
-        @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::EUC_JP)
+        @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::EUC_JP)
       end
     end
 
@@ -138,19 +140,19 @@ describe "IO#external_encoding" do
       it "returns the value of Encoding.default_external when the instance was created" do
         @io = new_io @name, "r"
         Encoding.default_external = Encoding::IBM437
-        @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::IBM866)
+        @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::IBM866)
       end
 
       it "returns the external encoding specified when the instance was created" do
         @io = new_io @name, "r:utf-8"
         Encoding.default_external = Encoding::IBM437
-        @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::UTF_8)
+        @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::UTF_8)
       end
 
       it "returns the encoding set by #set_encoding" do
         @io = new_io @name, "r:utf-8"
         @io.set_encoding Encoding::EUC_JP, nil
-        @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::EUC_JP)
+        @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::EUC_JP)
       end
     end
 
@@ -164,13 +166,13 @@ describe "IO#external_encoding" do
       it "returns the external encoding specified when the instance was created" do
         @io = new_io @name, "r:utf-8"
         Encoding.default_external = Encoding::IBM437
-        @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::UTF_8)
+        @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::UTF_8)
       end
 
       it "returns the encoding set by #set_encoding" do
         @io = new_io @name, "r:utf-8"
         @io.set_encoding Encoding::EUC_JP, nil
-        @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::EUC_JP)
+        @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::EUC_JP)
       end
     end
   end
@@ -178,12 +180,12 @@ describe "IO#external_encoding" do
   describe "with 'rb' mode" do
     it "returns Encoding::BINARY" do
       @io = new_io @name, "rb"
-      @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::BINARY)
+      @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::BINARY)
     end
 
     it "returns the external encoding specified by the mode argument" do
       @io = new_io @name, "rb:ibm437"
-      @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::IBM437)
+      @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::IBM437)
     end
   end
 
@@ -198,12 +200,12 @@ describe "IO#external_encoding" do
   describe "with 'wb' mode" do
     it "returns Encoding::BINARY" do
       @io = new_io @name, "wb"
-      @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::BINARY)
+      @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::BINARY)
     end
 
     it "returns the external encoding specified by the mode argument" do
       @io = new_io @name, "wb:ibm437"
-      @io.external_encoding.should equal(Encoding::IBM437)
+      @io.external_encoding.should.equal?(Encoding::IBM437)
     end
   end