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+require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require File.expand_path('../fixtures/classes', __FILE__)
+require File.expand_path('../shared/exit', __FILE__)
+
+describe "Thread#kill" do
+  it_behaves_like :thread_exit, :kill
+end
+
+describe "Thread#kill!" do
+  it "needs to be reviewed for spec completeness"
+end
+
+describe "Thread.kill" do
+  it "causes the given thread to exit" do
+    thread = Thread.new { sleep }
+    Thread.pass while thread.status and thread.status != "sleep"
+    Thread.kill(thread).should == thread
+    thread.join
+    thread.status.should be_false
+  end
+end