1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb
index bb0166a60c..3df8197e0d 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb
@@ -85,6 +85,17 @@ class AttributeMethodsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert !topic.respond_to?("nothingness")
     assert !topic.respond_to?(:nothingness)
   end
+  
+  
+  # Syck calls respond_to? before actually calling initialize
+  def test_respond_to_with_allocated_object
+    topic = Topic.allocate
+    assert !topic.respond_to?("nothingness")
+    assert !topic.respond_to?(:nothingness)
+    assert_respond_to topic, "title"
+    assert_respond_to topic, :title
+  end
+  
 
   def test_array_content
     topic = Topic.new