1 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/string/byteslice_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/string/byteslice_spec.rb
index 263810971e..4ad9e8d8f1 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/string/byteslice_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/string/byteslice_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# -*- encoding: binary -*-
-require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
-require File.expand_path('../fixtures/classes.rb', __FILE__)
-require File.expand_path('../shared/slice.rb', __FILE__)
+# encoding: binary
+require_relative '../../spec_helper'
+require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
+require_relative 'shared/slice'
 
 describe "String#byteslice" do
   it "needs to reviewed for spec completeness"
@@ -17,13 +17,17 @@ describe "String#byteslice with Range" do
   it_behaves_like :string_slice_range, :byteslice
 end
 
-with_feature :encoding do
-  describe "String#byteslice on on non ASCII strings" do
-    it "returns byteslice of unicode strings" do
-      "\u3042".byteslice(1).should == "\x81".force_encoding("UTF-8")
-      "\u3042".byteslice(1, 2).should == "\x81\x82".force_encoding("UTF-8")
-      "\u3042".byteslice(1..2).should == "\x81\x82".force_encoding("UTF-8")
-      "\u3042".byteslice(-1).should == "\x82".force_encoding("UTF-8")
-    end
+describe "String#byteslice on non ASCII strings" do
+  it "returns byteslice of unicode strings" do
+    "\u3042".byteslice(1).should == "\x81".dup.force_encoding("UTF-8")
+    "\u3042".byteslice(1, 2).should == "\x81\x82".dup.force_encoding("UTF-8")
+    "\u3042".byteslice(1..2).should == "\x81\x82".dup.force_encoding("UTF-8")
+    "\u3042".byteslice(-1).should == "\x82".dup.force_encoding("UTF-8")
+  end
+
+  it "returns a String in the same encoding as self" do
+    "ruby".encode("UTF-8").slice(0).encoding.should == Encoding::UTF_8
+    "ruby".encode("US-ASCII").slice(0).encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
+    "ruby".encode("Windows-1251").slice(0).encoding.should == Encoding::Windows_1251
   end
 end