1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/stringscanner/scan_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/stringscanner/scan_spec.rb
index 23de7f07cb..8e26b80591 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/stringscanner/scan_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/stringscanner/scan_spec.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,22 @@ describe "StringScanner#scan" do
     @s.scan(/^\s/).should == " "
   end
 
+  it "treats ^ as matching from the beginning of the current position when it's not the first character in the regexp" do
+    @s.scan(/\w+/).should == "This"
+    @s.scan(/( is not|^ is a)/).should == " is a"
+  end
+
+  it "treats \\A as matching from the beginning of the current position" do
+    @s.scan(/\w+/).should == "This"
+    @s.scan(/\A\d/).should be_nil
+    @s.scan(/\A\s/).should == " "
+  end
+
+  it "treats \\A as matching from the beginning of the current position when it's not the first character in the regexp" do
+    @s.scan(/\w+/).should == "This"
+    @s.scan(/( is not|\A is a)/).should == " is a"
+  end
+
   it "returns nil if there's no match" do
     @s.scan(/\d/).should == nil
   end