1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/stringio/putc_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/stringio/putc_spec.rb
index 1ce53b7ef2..742f8623eb 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/stringio/putc_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/stringio/putc_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 
 describe "StringIO#putc when passed [String]" do
   before :each do
-    @io = StringIO.new('example')
+    @io = StringIO.new(+'example')
   end
 
   it "overwrites the character at the current position" do
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe "StringIO#putc when passed [String]" do
 
   it "returns the passed String" do
     str = "test"
-    @io.putc(str).should equal(str)
+    @io.putc(str).should.equal?(str)
   end
 
   it "correctly updates the current position" do
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ end
 
 describe "StringIO#putc when passed [Object]" do
   before :each do
-    @io = StringIO.new('example')
+    @io = StringIO.new(+'example')
   end
 
   it "it writes the passed Integer % 256 to self" do
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ describe "StringIO#putc when passed [Object]" do
   end
 
   it "raises a TypeError when the passed argument can't be coerced to Integer" do
-    -> { @io.putc(Object.new) }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    -> { @io.putc(Object.new) }.should.raise(TypeError)
   end
 end
 
 describe "StringIO#putc when in append mode" do
   it "appends to the end of self" do
-    io = StringIO.new("test", "a")
+    io = StringIO.new(+"test", "a")
     io.putc(?t)
     io.string.should == "testt"
   end
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ end
 
 describe "StringIO#putc when self is not writable" do
   it "raises an IOError" do
-    io = StringIO.new("test", "r")
-    -> { io.putc(?a) }.should raise_error(IOError)
+    io = StringIO.new(+"test", "r")
+    -> { io.putc(?a) }.should.raise(IOError)
 
-    io = StringIO.new("test")
+    io = StringIO.new(+"test")
     io.close_write
-    -> { io.putc("t") }.should raise_error(IOError)
+    -> { io.putc("t") }.should.raise(IOError)
   end
 end