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+require_relative "../../spec_helper"
+require_relative 'shared/chars'
+
+describe "String#chars" do
+  it_behaves_like :string_chars, :chars
+
+  it "returns an array when no block given" do
+    "hello".chars.should == ['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o']
+  end
+
+  it "returns Strings in the same encoding as self" do
+    "hello".encode("US-ASCII").chars.each do |c|
+      c.encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
+    end
+  end
+end