1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/string/chars_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/string/chars_spec.rb
index 75cef89be1..ee85430574 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/string/chars_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/string/chars_spec.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-require File.expand_path('../shared/chars', __FILE__)
-require File.expand_path('../shared/each_char_without_block', __FILE__)
+require_relative "../../spec_helper"
+require_relative 'shared/chars'
 
 describe "String#chars" do
-  it_behaves_like(:string_chars, :chars)
+  it_behaves_like :string_chars, :chars
 
   it "returns an array when no block given" do
-    ary = "hello".send(@method)
-    ary.should == ['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o']
+    "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