1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/string/split_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/string/split_spec.rb
index 94f6c9aaee..2e03955a26 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/string/split_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/string/split_spec.rb
@@ -224,6 +224,17 @@ describe "String#split with String" do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  it "returns an empty array when whitespace is split on whitespace" do
+    " ".split(" ").should == []
+    " \n ".split(" ").should == []
+    "  ".split(" ").should == []
+    " \t ".split(" ").should == []
+  end
+
+  it "doesn't split on non-ascii whitespace" do
+    "a\u{2008}b".split(" ").should == ["a\u{2008}b"]
+  end
 end
 
 describe "String#split with Regexp" do