2 files changed, 53 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/English/English_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/English/English_spec.rb
index 75a336eba2..bdc3774608 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/English/English_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/English/English_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 
 require 'English'
 
@@ -7,165 +7,155 @@ describe "English" do
     begin
       raise "error"
     rescue
-      $ERROR_INFO.should_not be_nil
+      $ERROR_INFO.should_not == nil
       $ERROR_INFO.should == $!
     end
-    $ERROR_INFO.should be_nil
+    $ERROR_INFO.should == nil
   end
 
   it "aliases $ERROR_POSITION to $@" do
     begin
       raise "error"
     rescue
-      $ERROR_POSITION.should_not be_nil
+      $ERROR_POSITION.should_not == nil
       $ERROR_POSITION.should == $@
     end
-    $ERROR_POSITION.should be_nil
+    $ERROR_POSITION.should == nil
   end
 
   it "aliases $FS to $;" do
     original = $;
-    $; = ","
-    $FS.should_not be_nil
+    suppress_warning {$; = ","}
+    $FS.should_not == nil
     $FS.should == $;
-    $; = original
+    suppress_warning {$; = original}
   end
 
   it "aliases $FIELD_SEPARATOR to $;" do
     original = $;
-    $; = ","
-    $FIELD_SEPARATOR.should_not be_nil
+    suppress_warning {$; = ","}
+    $FIELD_SEPARATOR.should_not == nil
     $FIELD_SEPARATOR.should == $;
-    $; = original
+    suppress_warning {$; = original}
   end
 
   it "aliases $OFS to $," do
     original = $,
-    $, = "|"
-    $OFS.should_not be_nil
+    suppress_warning {$, = "|"}
+    $OFS.should_not == nil
     $OFS.should == $,
-    $, = original
+    suppress_warning {$, = original}
   end
 
   it "aliases $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR to $," do
     original = $,
-    $, = "|"
-    $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR.should_not be_nil
+    suppress_warning {$, = "|"}
+    $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR.should_not == nil
     $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR.should == $,
-    $, = original
+    suppress_warning {$, = original}
   end
 
   it "aliases $RS to $/" do
-    $RS.should_not be_nil
+    $RS.should_not == nil
     $RS.should == $/
   end
 
   it "aliases $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR to $/" do
-    $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR.should_not be_nil
+    $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR.should_not == nil
     $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR.should == $/
   end
 
   it "aliases $ORS to $\\" do
     original = $\
-    $\ = "\t"
-    $ORS.should_not be_nil
+    suppress_warning {$\ = "\t"}
+    $ORS.should_not == nil
     $ORS.should == $\
-    $\ = original
+    suppress_warning {$\ = original}
   end
 
   it "aliases $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR to $\\" do
     original = $\
-    $\ = "\t"
-    $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR.should_not be_nil
+    suppress_warning {$\ = "\t"}
+    $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR.should_not == nil
     $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR.should == $\
-    $\ = original
+    suppress_warning {$\ = original}
   end
 
   it "aliases $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER to $." do
-    $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER.should_not be_nil
+    $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER.should_not == nil
     $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER.should == $.
   end
 
   it "aliases $NR to $." do
-    $NR.should_not be_nil
+    $NR.should_not == nil
     $NR.should == $.
   end
 
   it "aliases $LAST_READ_LINE to $_ needs to be reviewed for spec completeness"
 
   it "aliases $DEFAULT_OUTPUT to $>" do
-    $DEFAULT_OUTPUT.should_not be_nil
+    $DEFAULT_OUTPUT.should_not == nil
     $DEFAULT_OUTPUT.should == $>
   end
 
   it "aliases $DEFAULT_INPUT to $<" do
-    $DEFAULT_INPUT.should_not be_nil
+    $DEFAULT_INPUT.should_not == nil
     $DEFAULT_INPUT.should == $<
   end
 
   it "aliases $PID to $$" do
-    $PID.should_not be_nil
+    $PID.should_not == nil
     $PID.should == $$
   end
 
   it "aliases $PID to $$" do
-    $PID.should_not be_nil
+    $PID.should_not == nil
     $PID.should == $$
   end
 
   it "aliases $PROCESS_ID to $$" do
-    $PROCESS_ID.should_not be_nil
+    $PROCESS_ID.should_not == nil
     $PROCESS_ID.should == $$
   end
 
   it "aliases $CHILD_STATUS to $?" do
     ruby_exe('exit 0')
-    $CHILD_STATUS.should_not be_nil
+    $CHILD_STATUS.should_not == nil
     $CHILD_STATUS.should == $?
   end
 
   it "aliases $LAST_MATCH_INFO to $~" do
     /c(a)t/ =~ "cat"
-    $LAST_MATCH_INFO.should_not be_nil
+    $LAST_MATCH_INFO.should_not == nil
     $LAST_MATCH_INFO.should == $~
   end
 
-  it "aliases $IGNORECASE to $=" do
-    $VERBOSE, verbose = nil, $VERBOSE
-    begin
-      $IGNORECASE.should_not be_nil
-      $IGNORECASE.should == $=
-    ensure
-      $VERBOSE = verbose
-    end
-  end
-
   it "aliases $ARGV to $*" do
-    $ARGV.should_not be_nil
+    $ARGV.should_not == nil
     $ARGV.should == $*
   end
 
   it "aliases $MATCH to $&" do
     /c(a)t/ =~ "cat"
-    $MATCH.should_not be_nil
+    $MATCH.should_not == nil
     $MATCH.should == $&
   end
 
   it "aliases $PREMATCH to $`" do
     /c(a)t/ =~ "cat"
-    $PREMATCH.should_not be_nil
+    $PREMATCH.should_not == nil
     $PREMATCH.should == $`
   end
 
   it "aliases $POSTMATCH to $'" do
     /c(a)t/ =~ "cat"
-    $POSTMATCH.should_not be_nil
+    $POSTMATCH.should_not == nil
     $POSTMATCH.should == $'
   end
 
   it "aliases $LAST_PAREN_MATCH to $+" do
     /c(a)t/ =~ "cat"
-    $LAST_PAREN_MATCH.should_not be_nil
+    $LAST_PAREN_MATCH.should_not == nil
     $LAST_PAREN_MATCH.should == $+
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/English/alias_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/English/alias_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ff92f964d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/English/alias_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require_relative '../../spec_helper'
+require 'English'
+
+describe "English" do
+  it "aliases $! to $ERROR_INFO and $ERROR_INFO still returns an Exception with a backtrace" do
+    exception = (1 / 0 rescue $ERROR_INFO)
+    exception.should.is_a?(Exception)
+    exception.backtrace.should.is_a?(Array)
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $@ to $ERROR_POSITION and $ERROR_POSITION still returns a backtrace" do
+    (1 / 0 rescue $ERROR_POSITION).should.is_a?(Array)
+  end
+end