1 files changed, 9 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/string/element_set_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/string/element_set_spec.rb
index c9e02a7381..e7599f832c 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/string/element_set_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/string/element_set_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+# frozen_string_literal: false
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 
@@ -14,18 +15,6 @@ describe "String#[]= with Integer index" do
     a.should == "bamelo"
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ''...'2.7' do
-    it "taints self if other_str is tainted" do
-      a = "hello"
-      a[0] = "".taint
-      a.should.tainted?
-
-      a = "hello"
-      a[0] = "x".taint
-      a.should.tainted?
-    end
-  end
-
   it "raises an IndexError without changing self if idx is outside of self" do
     str = "hello"
 
@@ -141,6 +130,12 @@ describe "String#[]= with Integer index" do
     str.encoding.should equal(Encoding::BINARY)
   end
 
+  it "updates the string to a compatible encoding" do
+    str = "  "
+    str[1] = [0xB9].pack("C*")
+    str.encoding.should == Encoding::ASCII_8BIT
+  end
+
   it "raises an Encoding::CompatibilityError if the replacement encoding is incompatible" do
     str = "あれ"
     rep = "が".encode Encoding::EUC_JP
@@ -363,11 +358,11 @@ describe "String#[]= with a Range index" do
   end
 
   it "raises a RangeError if negative Range begin is out of range" do
-    -> { "abc"[-4..-2] = "x" }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+    -> { "abc"[-4..-2] = "x" }.should raise_error(RangeError, "-4..-2 out of range")
   end
 
   it "raises a RangeError if positive Range begin is greater than String size" do
-    -> { "abc"[4..2] = "x" }.should raise_error(RangeError)
+    -> { "abc"[4..2] = "x" }.should raise_error(RangeError, "4..2 out of range")
   end
 
   it "uses the Range end as an index rather than a count" do
@@ -487,18 +482,6 @@ describe "String#[]= with Integer index, count" do
     a.should == "hellobob"
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ''...'2.7' do
-    it "taints self if other_str is tainted" do
-      a = "hello"
-      a[0, 0] = "".taint
-      a.should.tainted?
-
-      a = "hello"
-      a[1, 4] = "x".taint
-      a.should.tainted?
-    end
-  end
-
   it "calls #to_int to convert the index and count objects" do
     index = mock("string element set index")
     index.should_receive(:to_int).and_return(-4)