1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/string/split_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/string/split_spec.rb
index 0417486692..519c5d845d 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/string/split_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/string/split_spec.rb
@@ -246,6 +246,13 @@ describe "String#split with String" do
   it "doesn't split on non-ascii whitespace" do
     "a\u{2008}b".split(" ").should == ["a\u{2008}b"]
   end
+
+  it "returns Strings in the same encoding as self" do
+    strings = "hello world".encode("US-ASCII").split(" ")
+
+    strings[0].encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
+    strings[1].encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
+  end
 end
 
 describe "String#split with Regexp" do
@@ -443,13 +450,12 @@ describe "String#split with Regexp" do
     end
   end
 
-  it "retains the encoding of the source string" do
+  it "returns Strings in the same encoding as self" do
     ary = "а б в".split
     encodings = ary.map { |s| s.encoding }
     encodings.should == [Encoding::UTF_8, Encoding::UTF_8, Encoding::UTF_8]
   end
 
-
   it "splits a string on each character for a multibyte encoding and empty split" do
     "That's why efficiency could not be helped".split("").size.should == 39
   end
@@ -598,4 +604,11 @@ describe "String#split with Regexp" do
     -> { "hello".split(false) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
     -> { "hello".split(Object.new) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
   end
+
+  it "returns Strings in the same encoding as self" do
+    strings = "hello world".encode("US-ASCII").split(/ /)
+
+    strings[0].encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
+    strings[1].encoding.should == Encoding::US_ASCII
+  end
 end