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+require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require File.expand_path('../fixtures/common', __FILE__)
+
+describe "Exception#message" do
+  it "returns the class name if there is no message" do
+    Exception.new.message.should == "Exception"
+  end
+
+  it "returns the message passed to #initialize" do
+    Exception.new("Ouch!").message.should == "Ouch!"
+  end
+
+  it "calls #to_s on self" do
+    exc = ExceptionSpecs::OverrideToS.new("you won't see this")
+    exc.message.should == "this is from #to_s"
+  end
+
+  context "when #backtrace is redefined" do
+    it "returns the Exception message" do
+      e = Exception.new
+      e.message.should == 'Exception'
+
+      def e.backtrace; []; end
+      e.message.should == 'Exception'
+    end
+  end
+end