lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb in activesupport-1.4.4 vs lib/active_support/multibyte/chars.rb in activesupport-2.0.0

@@ -39,9 +39,15 @@
       # Using any other ways of overriding the String itself will lead you all the way from infinite loops to
       # core dumps. Don't go there.
       @string
     end
     
+    # Make duck-typing with String possible
+    def respond_to?(method)
+      super || @string.respond_to?(method) || handler.respond_to?(method) ||
+        (method.to_s =~ /(.*)!/ && handler.respond_to?($1)) || false
+    end
+    
     # Create a new Chars instance.
     def initialize(str)
       @string = str.respond_to?(:string) ? str.string : str
     end