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+require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+
+describe "Module#private_constant" do
+  it "can only be passed constant names defined in the target (self) module" do
+    cls1 = Class.new
+    cls1.const_set :Foo, true
+    cls2 = Class.new(cls1)
+
+    lambda do
+      cls2.send :private_constant, :Foo
+    end.should raise_error(NameError)
+  end
+
+  it "accepts strings as constant names" do
+    cls = Class.new
+    cls.const_set :Foo, true
+    cls.send :private_constant, "Foo"
+
+    lambda { cls::Foo }.should raise_error(NameError)
+  end
+
+  it "accepts multiple names" do
+    mod = Module.new
+    mod.const_set :Foo, true
+    mod.const_set :Bar, true
+
+    mod.send :private_constant, :Foo, :Bar
+
+    lambda {mod::Foo}.should raise_error(NameError)
+    lambda {mod::Bar}.should raise_error(NameError)
+  end
+end