1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/element_reference_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/element_reference_spec.rb
index 7c0f089bb4..0924be0aae 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/element_reference_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/element_reference_spec.rb
@@ -20,8 +20,18 @@ describe "MatchData#[]" do
     # negative index is larger than the number of match values
     /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[-30, 2].should == nil
 
+    # positive index larger than number of match values
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[5, 2].should == []
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[6, 2].should == nil
+    /(.)(.)(\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
@@ -43,11 +53,9 @@ describe "MatchData#[]" do
     /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[nil..nil].should == %w|HX1138 H X 113 8|
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is "3.0" do
-    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
+  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
 
@@ -110,7 +118,7 @@ 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