1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/symbol/length_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/symbol/length_spec.rb
index 27bee575ef..29dd4ad46b 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/symbol/length_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/symbol/length_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'shared/length'
 
 describe "Symbol#length" do
-  it_behaves_like :symbol_length, :length
+  it "returns 0 for empty name" do
+    :''.length.should == 0
+  end
+
+  it "returns 1 for name formed by a NUL character" do
+    :"\x00".length.should == 1
+  end
+
+  it "returns 3 for name formed by 3 ASCII characters" do
+    :one.length.should == 3
+  end
+
+  it "returns 4 for name formed by 4 ASCII characters" do
+    :four.length.should == 4
+  end
+
+  it "returns 4 for name formed by 1 multibyte and 3 ASCII characters" do
+    :"\xC3\x9Cber".length.should == 4
+  end
 end