require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__) describe "String#freeze" do it "produces the same object whenever called on an instance of a literal in the source" do ids = Array.new(2) { "abc".freeze.object_id } ids.first.should == ids.last end it "doesn't produce the same object for different instances of literals in the source" do "abc".object_id.should_not == "abc".object_id end it "being a special form doesn't change the value of defined?" do defined?("abc".freeze).should == "method" end end