19 files changed, 438 insertions, 470 deletions

diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/each_char_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/each_char_spec.rb
index 5d460a1e7c..7c1ca4f069 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/each_char_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/each_char_spec.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,75 @@
-# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/chars'
 
 describe "IO#each_char" do
-  it_behaves_like :io_chars, :each_char
+  before :each do
+    @io = IOSpecs.io_fixture "lines.txt"
+    ScratchPad.record []
+  end
+
+  after :each do
+    @io.close unless @io.closed?
+  end
+
+  it "yields each character" do
+    @io.readline.should == "Voici la ligne une.\n"
+
+    count = 0
+    @io.each_char do |c|
+      ScratchPad << c
+      break if 4 < count += 1
+    end
+
+    ScratchPad.recorded.should == ["Q", "u", "i", " ", "è"]
+  end
+
+  describe "when no block is given" do
+    it "returns an Enumerator" do
+      enum = @io.each_char
+      enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
+      enum.first(5).should == ["V", "o", "i", "c", "i"]
+    end
+
+    describe "returned Enumerator" do
+      describe "size" do
+        it "should return nil" do
+          @io.each_char.size.should == nil
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "returns itself" do
+    @io.each_char { |c| }.should.equal?(@io)
+  end
+
+  it "returns an enumerator for a closed stream" do
+    IOSpecs.closed_io.each_char.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
+  end
+
+  it "raises an IOError when an enumerator created on a closed stream is accessed" do
+    -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.each_char.first }.should.raise(IOError)
+  end
+
+  it "raises IOError on closed stream" do
+    -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.each_char {} }.should.raise(IOError)
+  end
 end
 
 describe "IO#each_char" do
-  it_behaves_like :io_chars_empty, :each_char
+  before :each do
+    @name = tmp("io_each_char")
+    @io = new_io @name, "w+:utf-8"
+    ScratchPad.record []
+  end
+
+  after :each do
+    @io.close unless @io.closed?
+    rm_r @name
+  end
+
+  it "does not yield any characters on an empty stream" do
+    @io.each_char { |c| ScratchPad << c }
+    ScratchPad.recorded.should == []
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/each_codepoint_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/each_codepoint_spec.rb
index 26cc87fc0e..758a524986 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/each_codepoint_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/each_codepoint_spec.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,57 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/codepoints'
 
 # See redmine #1667
 describe "IO#each_codepoint" do
-  it_behaves_like :io_codepoints, :each_codepoint
+  before :each do
+    @io = IOSpecs.io_fixture "lines.txt"
+    @enum = @io.each_codepoint
+  end
+
+  after :each do
+    @io.close
+  end
+
+  describe "when no block is given" do
+    it "returns an Enumerator" do
+      @enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
+    end
+
+    describe "returned Enumerator" do
+      describe "size" do
+        it "should return nil" do
+          @enum.size.should == nil
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "yields each codepoint" do
+    @enum.first(25).should == [
+      86, 111, 105, 99, 105, 32, 108, 97, 32, 108, 105, 103, 110,
+      101, 32, 117, 110, 101, 46, 10, 81, 117, 105, 32, 232
+    ]
+  end
+
+  it "yields each codepoint starting from the current position" do
+    @io.pos = 130
+    @enum.to_a.should == [101, 32, 115, 105, 120, 46, 10]
+  end
+
+  it "raises an error if reading invalid sequence" do
+    @io.pos = 60  # inside of a multibyte sequence
+    -> { @enum.first }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
+  end
+
+  it "does not change $_" do
+    $_ = "test"
+    @enum.to_a
+    $_.should == "test"
+  end
+
+  it "raises an IOError when self is not readable" do
+    -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.each_codepoint.to_a }.should.raise(IOError)
+  end
 end
 
 describe "IO#each_codepoint" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/each_line_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/each_line_spec.rb
index 58d26b325d..bcda4040b8 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/each_line_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/each_line_spec.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,251 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/each'
 
 describe "IO#each_line" do
-  it_behaves_like :io_each, :each_line
+  before :each do
+    @io = IOSpecs.io_fixture "lines.txt"
+    ScratchPad.record []
+  end
+
+  after :each do
+    @io.close if @io
+  end
+
+  describe "with no separator" do
+    it "yields each line to the passed block" do
+      @io.each_line { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines
+    end
+
+    it "yields each line starting from the current position" do
+      @io.pos = 41
+      @io.each_line { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines[2..-1]
+    end
+
+    it "returns self" do
+      @io.each_line { |l| l }.should.equal?(@io)
+    end
+
+    it "does not change $_" do
+      $_ = "test"
+      @io.each_line { |s| s }
+      $_.should == "test"
+    end
+
+    it "raises an IOError when self is not readable" do
+      -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.each_line {} }.should.raise(IOError)
+    end
+
+    it "makes line count accessible via lineno" do
+      @io.each_line { ScratchPad << @io.lineno }
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == [ 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 ]
+    end
+
+    it "makes line count accessible via $." do
+      @io.each_line { ScratchPad << $. }
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == [ 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 ]
+    end
+
+    describe "when no block is given" do
+      it "returns an Enumerator" do
+        enum = @io.each_line
+        enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
+
+        enum.each { |l| ScratchPad << l }
+        ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines
+      end
+
+      describe "returned Enumerator" do
+        describe "size" do
+          it "should return nil" do
+            @io.each_line.size.should == nil
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "with limit" do
+    describe "when limit is 0" do
+      it "raises an ArgumentError" do
+        # must pass block so Enumerator is evaluated and raises
+        -> { @io.each_line(0){} }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "does not accept Integers that don't fit in a C off_t" do
+      -> { @io.each_line(2**128){} }.should.raise(RangeError)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "when passed a String containing one space as a separator" do
+    it "uses the passed argument as the line separator" do
+      @io.each_line(" ") { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines_space_separator
+    end
+
+    it "does not change $_" do
+      $_ = "test"
+      @io.each_line(" ") { |s| }
+      $_.should == "test"
+    end
+
+    it "tries to convert the passed separator to a String using #to_str" do
+      obj = mock("to_str")
+      obj.stub!(:to_str).and_return(" ")
+
+      @io.each_line(obj) { |l| ScratchPad << l }
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines_space_separator
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "when passed nil as a separator" do
+    it "yields self's content starting from the current position when the passed separator is nil" do
+      @io.pos = 100
+      @io.each_line(nil) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == ["qui a linha cinco.\nHere is line six.\n"]
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "when passed an empty String as a separator" do
+    it "yields each paragraph" do
+      @io.each_line("") { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.paragraphs
+    end
+
+    it "discards leading newlines" do
+      @io.readline
+      @io.readline
+      @io.each_line("") { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.paragraphs[1..-1]
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "with both separator and limit" do
+    describe "when no block is given" do
+      it "returns an Enumerator" do
+        enum = @io.each_line(nil, 1024)
+        enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
+
+        enum.each { |l| ScratchPad << l }
+        ScratchPad.recorded.should == [IOSpecs.lines.join]
+      end
+
+      describe "returned Enumerator" do
+        describe "size" do
+          it "should return nil" do
+            @io.each_line(nil, 1024).size.should == nil
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "when a block is given" do
+      it "accepts an empty block" do
+        @io.each_line(nil, 1024) {}.should.equal?(@io)
+      end
+
+      describe "when passed nil as a separator" do
+        it "yields self's content starting from the current position when the passed separator is nil" do
+          @io.pos = 100
+          @io.each_line(nil, 1024) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+          ScratchPad.recorded.should == ["qui a linha cinco.\nHere is line six.\n"]
+        end
+      end
+
+      describe "when passed an empty String as a separator" do
+        it "yields each paragraph" do
+          @io.each_line("", 1024) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+          ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.paragraphs
+        end
+
+        it "discards leading newlines" do
+          @io.readline
+          @io.readline
+          @io.each_line("", 1024) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+          ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.paragraphs[1..-1]
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "when passed chomp" do
+    it "yields each line without trailing newline characters to the passed block" do
+      @io.each_line(chomp: true) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines_without_newline_characters
+    end
+
+    it "raises exception when options passed as Hash" do
+      -> {
+        @io.each_line({ chomp: true }) { |s| }
+      }.should.raise(TypeError)
+
+      -> {
+        @io.each_line("\n", 1, { chomp: true }) { |s| }
+      }.should.raise(ArgumentError, "wrong number of arguments (given 3, expected 0..2)")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "when passed chomp and a separator" do
+    it "yields each line without separator to the passed block" do
+      @io.each_line(" ", chomp: true) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines_space_separator_without_trailing_spaces
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "when passed chomp and empty line as a separator" do
+    it "yields each paragraph without trailing new line characters" do
+      @io.each_line("", 1024, chomp: true) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.paragraphs_without_trailing_new_line_characters
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "when passed chomp and nil as a separator" do
+    it "yields self's content" do
+      @io.pos = 100
+      @io.each_line(nil, chomp: true) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == ["qui a linha cinco.\nHere is line six.\n"]
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "when passed chomp, nil as a separator, and a limit" do
+    it "yields each line of limit size without truncating trailing new line character" do
+      # 43 - is a size of the 1st paragraph in the file
+      @io.each_line(nil, 43, chomp: true) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+
+      ScratchPad.recorded.should == [
+        "Voici la ligne une.\nQui è la linea due.\n\n\n",
+        "Aquí está la línea tres.\n" + "Hier ist Zeile ",
+        "vier.\n\nEstá aqui a linha cinco.\nHere is li",
+        "ne six.\n"
+      ]
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "when passed too many arguments" do
+    it "raises ArgumentError" do
+      -> {
+        @io.each_line("", 1, "excess argument", chomp: true) {}
+      }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 describe "IO#each_line" do
-  it_behaves_like :io_each_default_separator, :each_line
+  before :each do
+    @io = IOSpecs.io_fixture "lines.txt"
+    ScratchPad.record []
+    suppress_warning {@sep, $/ = $/, " "}
+  end
+
+  after :each do
+    @io.close if @io
+    suppress_warning {$/ = @sep}
+  end
+
+  it "uses $/ as the default line separator" do
+    @io.each_line { |s| ScratchPad << s }
+    ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines_space_separator
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/each_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/each_spec.rb
index 91ecbd19c8..594052256e 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/each_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/each_spec.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/each'
 
 describe "IO#each" do
-  it_behaves_like :io_each, :each
-end
-
-describe "IO#each" do
-  it_behaves_like :io_each_default_separator, :each
+  it "is an alias of IO#each_line" do
+    IO.instance_method(:each).should == IO.instance_method(:each_line)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/eof_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/eof_spec.rb
index c8955abde0..561daa4ec3 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/eof_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/eof_spec.rb
@@ -105,3 +105,9 @@ describe "IO#eof?" do
     @r.should.eof?
   end
 end
+
+describe "IO#eof" do
+  it "is an alias of IO#eof?" do
+    IO.instance_method(:eof).should == IO.instance_method(:eof?)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/foreach_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/foreach_spec.rb
index 015988f9fb..ccd2f25517 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/foreach_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/foreach_spec.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe "IO.foreach" do
         ScratchPad.recorded.should == ["hello\n", "line2\n"]
       end
 
-      platform_is_not :windows do
+      guard -> { Process.respond_to?(:fork) } do
         it "gets data from a fork when passed -" do
           parent_pid = $$
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/isatty_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/isatty_spec.rb
index 3b6c69b190..60b97d21be 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/isatty_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/isatty_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'shared/tty'
 
 describe "IO#isatty" do
-  it_behaves_like :io_tty, :isatty
+  it "is an alias of IO#tty?" do
+    IO.instance_method(:isatty).should == IO.instance_method(:tty?)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/pos_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/pos_spec.rb
index e6cda2643d..bbe25ce97b 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/pos_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/pos_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,37 @@ require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 require_relative 'shared/pos'
 
 describe "IO#pos" do
-  it_behaves_like :io_pos, :pos
+  before :each do
+    @fname = tmp('test.txt')
+    File.open(@fname, 'w') { |f| f.write "123" }
+  end
+
+  after :each do
+    rm_r @fname
+  end
+
+  it "gets the offset" do
+    File.open @fname do |f|
+      f.pos.should == 0
+      f.read 1
+      f.pos.should == 1
+      f.read 2
+      f.pos.should == 3
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "raises IOError on closed stream" do
+    -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.pos }.should.raise(IOError)
+  end
+
+  it "resets #eof?" do
+    open @fname do |io|
+      io.read 1
+      io.read 1
+      io.pos
+      io.should_not.eof?
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 describe "IO#pos=" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/read_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/read_spec.rb
index dd787c9b60..5be969e280 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/read_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/read_spec.rb
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ ruby_version_is ""..."4.0" do
       end
     end
 
-    platform_is_not :windows do
+    guard -> { Process.respond_to?(:fork) } do
       it "opens a pipe to a fork if the rest is -" do
         str = nil
         suppress_warning do # https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19630
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/readlines_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/readlines_spec.rb
index 640e253200..d41d24d7d1 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/readlines_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/readlines_spec.rb
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ describe "IO.readlines" do
         lines.should == ["hello\n", "line2\n"]
       end
 
-      platform_is_not :windows do
+      guard -> { Process.respond_to?(:fork) } do
         it "gets data from a fork when passed -" do
           lines = nil
           suppress_warning do # https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19630
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/chars.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/chars.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index efd4d5ee10..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/chars.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-describe :io_chars, shared: true do
-  before :each do
-    @io = IOSpecs.io_fixture "lines.txt"
-    ScratchPad.record []
-  end
-
-  after :each do
-    @io.close unless @io.closed?
-  end
-
-  it "yields each character" do
-    @io.readline.should == "Voici la ligne une.\n"
-
-    count = 0
-    @io.send(@method) do |c|
-      ScratchPad << c
-      break if 4 < count += 1
-    end
-
-    ScratchPad.recorded.should == ["Q", "u", "i", " ", "è"]
-  end
-
-  describe "when no block is given" do
-    it "returns an Enumerator" do
-      enum = @io.send(@method)
-      enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
-      enum.first(5).should == ["V", "o", "i", "c", "i"]
-    end
-
-    describe "returned Enumerator" do
-      describe "size" do
-        it "should return nil" do
-          @io.send(@method).size.should == nil
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  it "returns itself" do
-    @io.send(@method) { |c| }.should.equal?(@io)
-  end
-
-  it "returns an enumerator for a closed stream" do
-    IOSpecs.closed_io.send(@method).should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
-  end
-
-  it "raises an IOError when an enumerator created on a closed stream is accessed" do
-    -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.send(@method).first }.should.raise(IOError)
-  end
-
-  it "raises IOError on closed stream" do
-    -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.send(@method) {} }.should.raise(IOError)
-  end
-end
-
-describe :io_chars_empty, shared: true do
-  before :each do
-    @name = tmp("io_each_char")
-    @io = new_io @name, "w+:utf-8"
-    ScratchPad.record []
-  end
-
-  after :each do
-    @io.close unless @io.closed?
-    rm_r @name
-  end
-
-  it "does not yield any characters on an empty stream" do
-    @io.send(@method) { |c| ScratchPad << c }
-    ScratchPad.recorded.should == []
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/codepoints.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/codepoints.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 21c756986f..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/codepoints.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
-
-describe :io_codepoints, shared: true do
-  before :each do
-    @io = IOSpecs.io_fixture "lines.txt"
-    @enum = @io.send(@method)
-  end
-
-  after :each do
-    @io.close
-  end
-
-  describe "when no block is given" do
-    it "returns an Enumerator" do
-      @enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
-    end
-
-    describe "returned Enumerator" do
-      describe "size" do
-        it "should return nil" do
-          @enum.size.should == nil
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  it "yields each codepoint" do
-    @enum.first(25).should == [
-      86, 111, 105, 99, 105, 32, 108, 97, 32, 108, 105, 103, 110,
-      101, 32, 117, 110, 101, 46, 10, 81, 117, 105, 32, 232
-    ]
-  end
-
-  it "yields each codepoint starting from the current position" do
-    @io.pos = 130
-    @enum.to_a.should == [101, 32, 115, 105, 120, 46, 10]
-  end
-
-  it "raises an error if reading invalid sequence" do
-    @io.pos = 60  # inside of a multibyte sequence
-    -> { @enum.first }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
-  end
-
-  it "does not change $_" do
-    $_ = "test"
-    @enum.to_a
-    $_.should == "test"
-  end
-
-  it "raises an IOError when self is not readable" do
-    -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.send(@method).to_a }.should.raise(IOError)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/each.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/each.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index ae60c3506a..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/each.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,251 +0,0 @@
-# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
-
-describe :io_each, shared: true do
-  before :each do
-    @io = IOSpecs.io_fixture "lines.txt"
-    ScratchPad.record []
-  end
-
-  after :each do
-    @io.close if @io
-  end
-
-  describe "with no separator" do
-    it "yields each line to the passed block" do
-      @io.send(@method) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines
-    end
-
-    it "yields each line starting from the current position" do
-      @io.pos = 41
-      @io.send(@method) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines[2..-1]
-    end
-
-    it "returns self" do
-      @io.send(@method) { |l| l }.should.equal?(@io)
-    end
-
-    it "does not change $_" do
-      $_ = "test"
-      @io.send(@method) { |s| s }
-      $_.should == "test"
-    end
-
-    it "raises an IOError when self is not readable" do
-      -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.send(@method) {} }.should.raise(IOError)
-    end
-
-    it "makes line count accessible via lineno" do
-      @io.send(@method) { ScratchPad << @io.lineno }
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should == [ 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 ]
-    end
-
-    it "makes line count accessible via $." do
-      @io.send(@method) { ScratchPad << $. }
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should == [ 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 ]
-    end
-
-    describe "when no block is given" do
-      it "returns an Enumerator" do
-        enum = @io.send(@method)
-        enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
-
-        enum.each { |l| ScratchPad << l }
-        ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines
-      end
-
-      describe "returned Enumerator" do
-        describe "size" do
-          it "should return nil" do
-            @io.send(@method).size.should == nil
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "with limit" do
-    describe "when limit is 0" do
-      it "raises an ArgumentError" do
-        # must pass block so Enumerator is evaluated and raises
-        -> { @io.send(@method, 0){} }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
-      end
-    end
-
-    it "does not accept Integers that don't fit in a C off_t" do
-      -> { @io.send(@method, 2**128){} }.should.raise(RangeError)
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "when passed a String containing one space as a separator" do
-    it "uses the passed argument as the line separator" do
-      @io.send(@method, " ") { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines_space_separator
-    end
-
-    it "does not change $_" do
-      $_ = "test"
-      @io.send(@method, " ") { |s| }
-      $_.should == "test"
-    end
-
-    it "tries to convert the passed separator to a String using #to_str" do
-      obj = mock("to_str")
-      obj.stub!(:to_str).and_return(" ")
-
-      @io.send(@method, obj) { |l| ScratchPad << l }
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines_space_separator
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "when passed nil as a separator" do
-    it "yields self's content starting from the current position when the passed separator is nil" do
-      @io.pos = 100
-      @io.send(@method, nil) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should == ["qui a linha cinco.\nHere is line six.\n"]
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "when passed an empty String as a separator" do
-    it "yields each paragraph" do
-      @io.send(@method, "") { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.paragraphs
-    end
-
-    it "discards leading newlines" do
-      @io.readline
-      @io.readline
-      @io.send(@method, "") { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.paragraphs[1..-1]
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "with both separator and limit" do
-    describe "when no block is given" do
-      it "returns an Enumerator" do
-        enum = @io.send(@method, nil, 1024)
-        enum.should.instance_of?(Enumerator)
-
-        enum.each { |l| ScratchPad << l }
-        ScratchPad.recorded.should == [IOSpecs.lines.join]
-      end
-
-      describe "returned Enumerator" do
-        describe "size" do
-          it "should return nil" do
-            @io.send(@method, nil, 1024).size.should == nil
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    describe "when a block is given" do
-      it "accepts an empty block" do
-        @io.send(@method, nil, 1024) {}.should.equal?(@io)
-      end
-
-      describe "when passed nil as a separator" do
-        it "yields self's content starting from the current position when the passed separator is nil" do
-          @io.pos = 100
-          @io.send(@method, nil, 1024) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-          ScratchPad.recorded.should == ["qui a linha cinco.\nHere is line six.\n"]
-        end
-      end
-
-      describe "when passed an empty String as a separator" do
-        it "yields each paragraph" do
-          @io.send(@method, "", 1024) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-          ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.paragraphs
-        end
-
-        it "discards leading newlines" do
-          @io.readline
-          @io.readline
-          @io.send(@method, "", 1024) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-          ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.paragraphs[1..-1]
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "when passed chomp" do
-    it "yields each line without trailing newline characters to the passed block" do
-      @io.send(@method, chomp: true) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines_without_newline_characters
-    end
-
-    it "raises exception when options passed as Hash" do
-      -> {
-        @io.send(@method, { chomp: true }) { |s| }
-      }.should.raise(TypeError)
-
-      -> {
-        @io.send(@method, "\n", 1, { chomp: true }) { |s| }
-      }.should.raise(ArgumentError, "wrong number of arguments (given 3, expected 0..2)")
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "when passed chomp and a separator" do
-    it "yields each line without separator to the passed block" do
-      @io.send(@method, " ", chomp: true) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines_space_separator_without_trailing_spaces
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "when passed chomp and empty line as a separator" do
-    it "yields each paragraph without trailing new line characters" do
-      @io.send(@method, "", 1024, chomp: true) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.paragraphs_without_trailing_new_line_characters
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "when passed chomp and nil as a separator" do
-    it "yields self's content" do
-      @io.pos = 100
-      @io.send(@method, nil, chomp: true) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should == ["qui a linha cinco.\nHere is line six.\n"]
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "when passed chomp, nil as a separator, and a limit" do
-    it "yields each line of limit size without truncating trailing new line character" do
-      # 43 - is a size of the 1st paragraph in the file
-      @io.send(@method, nil, 43, chomp: true) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-
-      ScratchPad.recorded.should == [
-        "Voici la ligne une.\nQui è la linea due.\n\n\n",
-        "Aquí está la línea tres.\n" + "Hier ist Zeile ",
-        "vier.\n\nEstá aqui a linha cinco.\nHere is li",
-        "ne six.\n"
-      ]
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe "when passed too many arguments" do
-    it "raises ArgumentError" do
-      -> {
-        @io.send(@method, "", 1, "excess argument", chomp: true) {}
-      }.should.raise(ArgumentError)
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-describe :io_each_default_separator, shared: true do
-  before :each do
-    @io = IOSpecs.io_fixture "lines.txt"
-    ScratchPad.record []
-    suppress_warning {@sep, $/ = $/, " "}
-  end
-
-  after :each do
-    @io.close if @io
-    suppress_warning {$/ = @sep}
-  end
-
-  it "uses $/ as the default line separator" do
-    @io.send(@method) { |s| ScratchPad << s }
-    ScratchPad.recorded.should == IOSpecs.lines_space_separator
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/pos.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/pos.rb
index f4d0405863..450058e159 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/pos.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/pos.rb
@@ -1,37 +1,3 @@
-describe :io_pos, shared: true do
-  before :each do
-    @fname = tmp('test.txt')
-    File.open(@fname, 'w') { |f| f.write "123" }
-  end
-
-  after :each do
-    rm_r @fname
-  end
-
-  it "gets the offset" do
-    File.open @fname do |f|
-      f.send(@method).should == 0
-      f.read 1
-      f.send(@method).should == 1
-      f.read 2
-      f.send(@method).should == 3
-    end
-  end
-
-  it "raises IOError on closed stream" do
-    -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.send(@method) }.should.raise(IOError)
-  end
-
-  it "resets #eof?" do
-    open @fname do |io|
-      io.read 1
-      io.read 1
-      io.send(@method)
-      io.should_not.eof?
-    end
-  end
-end
-
 describe :io_set_pos, shared: true do
   before :each do
     @fname = tmp('test.txt')
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/tty.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/tty.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dc0e95739..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/tty.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
-
-describe :io_tty, shared: true do
-  platform_is_not :windows do
-    it "returns true if this stream is a terminal device (TTY)" do
-      begin
-        # check to enabled tty
-        File.open('/dev/tty') {}
-      rescue Errno::ENXIO
-        skip "workaround for not configured environment like OS X"
-      else
-        File.open('/dev/tty') { |f| f.send(@method) }.should == true
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  it "returns false if this stream is not a terminal device (TTY)" do
-    File.open(__FILE__) { |f| f.send(@method) }.should == false
-  end
-
-  it "raises IOError on closed stream" do
-    -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.send @method }.should.raise(IOError)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/tell_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/tell_spec.rb
index 0d6c6b02d3..a6b51adc17 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/tell_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/tell_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-require_relative 'shared/pos'
 
 describe "IO#tell" do
-  it_behaves_like :io_pos, :tell
+  it "is an alias of IO#pos" do
+    IO.instance_method(:tell).should == IO.instance_method(:pos)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/to_i_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/to_i_spec.rb
index 1d0cf2a1f6..b271112a81 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/to_i_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/to_i_spec.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 
 describe "IO#to_i" do
-  it "returns the numeric file descriptor of the given IO object" do
-    $stdout.to_i.should == 1
-  end
-
-  it "raises IOError on closed stream" do
-    -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.to_i }.should.raise(IOError)
+  it "is an alias of IO#fileno" do
+    IO.instance_method(:to_i).should == IO.instance_method(:fileno)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/to_path_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/to_path_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec6dffc115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/to_path_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require_relative '../../spec_helper'
+
+describe "IO#to_path" do
+  it "is an alias of IO#path" do
+    IO.instance_method(:to_path).should == IO.instance_method(:path)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/tty_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/tty_spec.rb
index 3b76c6d2b8..e1848a1760 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/tty_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/tty_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'shared/tty'
+require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 
 describe "IO#tty?" do
-  it_behaves_like :io_tty, :tty?
+  platform_is_not :windows do
+    it "returns true if this stream is a terminal device (TTY)" do
+      begin
+        # check to enabled tty
+        File.open('/dev/tty') {}
+      rescue Errno::ENXIO
+        skip "workaround for not configured environment like OS X"
+      else
+        File.open('/dev/tty') { |f| f.tty? }.should == true
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "returns false if this stream is not a terminal device (TTY)" do
+    File.open(__FILE__) { |f| f.tty? }.should == false
+  end
+
+  it "raises IOError on closed stream" do
+    -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.tty? }.should.raise(IOError)
+  end
 end