require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__) require File.expand_path('../fixtures/classes', __FILE__) require File.expand_path('../shared/replace', __FILE__) describe "String#initialize" do it "is a private method" do String.should have_private_instance_method(:initialize) end describe "with no arguments" do it "does not change self" do s = "some string" s.send :initialize s.should == "some string" end it "does not raise an exception when frozen" do a = "hello".freeze a.send(:initialize).should equal(a) end end describe "with an argument" do it_behaves_like :string_replace, :initialize end end