1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 5b556679c7..a164c34492 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -1598,6 +1598,15 @@ rb_str_times(VALUE str, VALUE times)
     char *ptr2;
     int termlen;
 
+    if (times == INT2FIX(1)) {
+	return rb_str_dup(str);
+    }
+    if (times == INT2FIX(0)) {
+	str2 = str_alloc(rb_obj_class(str));
+	rb_enc_copy(str2, str);
+	OBJ_INFECT(str2, str);
+	return str2;
+    }
     len = NUM2LONG(times);
     if (len < 0) {
 	rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "negative argument");