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+require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require File.expand_path('../fixtures/classes', __FILE__)
+
+describe "Struct#initialize" do
+
+  it "is private" do
+    StructClasses::Car.should have_private_instance_method(:initialize)
+  end
+
+  it 'allows valid Ruby method names for members' do
+    valid_method_names = [
+      :method1,
+      :method_1,
+      :method_1?,
+      :method_1!,
+      :a_method
+    ]
+    valid_method_names.each do |method_name|
+      klass = Struct.new(method_name)
+      instance = klass.new(:value)
+      instance.send(method_name).should == :value
+      writer_method = "#{method_name}=".to_sym
+      result = instance.send(writer_method, :new_value)
+      result.should == :new_value
+      instance.send(method_name).should == :new_value
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "does nothing when passed a set of fields equal to self" do
+    car = same_car = StructClasses::Car.new("Honda", "Accord", "1998")
+    car.instance_eval { initialize("Honda", "Accord", "1998") }
+    car.should == same_car
+  end
+
+  it "explicitly sets instance variables to nil when args not provided to initialize" do
+    car = StructClasses::Honda.new
+    car.make.should == nil # still nil despite override in Honda#initialize b/c of super order
+  end
+
+  it "can be overriden" do
+    StructClasses::SubclassX.new(:y).new.key.should == :value
+  end
+end