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+require_relative '../../spec_helper'
+require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
+require_relative 'shared/sprintf'
+
+describe "Kernel#printf" do
+  it "is a private method" do
+    Kernel.should have_private_instance_method(:printf)
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Kernel.printf" do
+  before :each do
+    @stdout = $stdout
+    @name = tmp("kernel_puts.txt")
+    $stdout = new_io @name
+  end
+
+  after :each do
+    $stdout.close
+    $stdout = @stdout
+    rm_r @name
+  end
+
+  it "writes to stdout when a string is the first argument" do
+    $stdout.should_receive(:write).with("string")
+    Kernel.printf("%s", "string")
+  end
+
+  it "calls write on the first argument when it is not a string" do
+    object = mock('io')
+    object.should_receive(:write).with("string")
+    Kernel.printf(object, "%s", "string")
+  end
+
+  it "calls #to_str to convert the format object to a String" do
+    object = mock('format string')
+    object.should_receive(:to_str).and_return("to_str: %i")
+    $stdout.should_receive(:write).with("to_str: 42")
+    Kernel.printf($stdout, object, 42)
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Kernel.printf" do
+  describe "formatting" do
+    before :each do
+      require "stringio"
+    end
+
+    context "io is specified" do
+      it_behaves_like :kernel_sprintf, -> format, *args {
+        io = StringIO.new(+"")
+        Kernel.printf(io, format, *args)
+        io.string
+      }
+    end
+
+    context "io is not specified" do
+      it_behaves_like :kernel_sprintf, -> format, *args {
+        stdout = $stdout
+        begin
+          $stdout = io = StringIO.new(+"")
+          Kernel.printf(format, *args)
+          io.string
+        ensure
+          $stdout = stdout
+        end
+      }
+    end
+  end
+end