1 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/element_reference_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/element_reference_spec.rb
index 26550ac94d..806db2d7b5 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/element_reference_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/element_reference_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
+require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 
 describe "MatchData#[]" do
   it "acts as normal array indexing [index]" do
@@ -15,10 +16,41 @@ describe "MatchData#[]" do
   it "supports accessors [start, length]" do
     /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[1, 2].should == %w|H X|
     /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[-3, 2].should == %w|X 113|
+
+    # negative index is larger than the number of match values
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[-30, 2].should == nil
+
+    # length argument larger than number of match values is capped to match value length
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[3, 10].should == %w|113 8|
+
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[3, 0].should == []
+
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[3, -1].should == nil
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[3, -30].should == nil
   end
 
   it "supports ranges [start..end]" do
     /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[1..3].should == %w|H X 113|
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[3..10].should == %w|113 8|
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[-30..2].should == nil
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[3..1].should == []
+  end
+
+  it "supports endless ranges [start..]" do
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[3..].should == %w|113 8|
+  end
+
+  it "supports beginningless ranges [..end]" do
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[..1].should == %w|HX1138 H|
+  end
+
+  it "supports beginningless endless ranges [nil..nil]" do
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[nil..nil].should == %w|HX1138 H X 113 8|
+  end
+
+  it "returns instances of String when given a String subclass" do
+    str = MatchDataSpecs::MyString.new("THX1138.")
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match(str)[0..-1].each { |m| m.should be_an_instance_of(String) }
   end
 end
 
@@ -81,7 +113,7 @@ describe "MatchData#[Symbol]" do
 
   it "returns matches in the String's encoding" do
     rex = /(?<t>t(?<a>ack))/u
-    md = 'haystack'.force_encoding('euc-jp').match(rex)
+    md = 'haystack'.dup.force_encoding('euc-jp').match(rex)
     md[:t].encoding.should == Encoding::EUC_JP
   end
 end