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+# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require File.expand_path('../../fixtures/classes', __FILE__)
+
+require 'socket'
+
+describe "Socket#gethostbyname" do
+  it "returns broadcast address info for '<broadcast>'" do
+    addr = Socket.gethostbyname('<broadcast>');
+    addr.should == ["255.255.255.255", [], 2, "\377\377\377\377"]
+  end
+
+  it "returns broadcast address info for '<any>'" do
+    addr = Socket.gethostbyname('<any>');
+    addr.should == ["0.0.0.0", [], 2, "\000\000\000\000"]
+  end
+end