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+require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require File.expand_path('../fixtures/classes', __FILE__)
+
+describe "Thread.new" do
+  it "creates a thread executing the given block" do
+    c = Channel.new
+    Thread.new { c << true }.join
+    c << false
+    c.receive.should == true
+  end
+
+  it "can pass arguments to the thread block" do
+    arr = []
+    a, b, c = 1, 2, 3
+    t = Thread.new(a,b,c) {|d,e,f| arr << d << e << f }
+    t.join
+    arr.should == [a,b,c]
+  end
+
+  it "raises an exception when not given a block" do
+    lambda { Thread.new }.should raise_error(ThreadError)
+  end
+
+  it "creates a subclass of thread calls super with a block in initialize" do
+    arr = []
+    t = ThreadSpecs::SubThread.new(arr)
+    t.join
+    arr.should == [1]
+  end
+
+  it "calls #initialize and raises an error if super not used" do
+    c = Class.new(Thread) do
+      def initialize
+      end
+    end
+
+    lambda {
+      c.new
+    }.should raise_error(ThreadError)
+  end
+
+  it "calls and respects #initialize for the block to use" do
+    c = Class.new(Thread) do
+      def initialize
+        ScratchPad.record [:good]
+        super { ScratchPad << :in_thread }
+      end
+    end
+
+    t = c.new
+    t.join
+
+    ScratchPad.recorded.should == [:good, :in_thread]
+  end
+
+end