1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb
index ab9a65944f..a29e4349d6 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ class AttributeMethodsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     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
     topic.content = %w( one two three )
@@ -96,7 +105,7 @@ class AttributeMethodsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
 
   def test_read_attributes_before_type_cast
     category = Category.new({:name=>"Test categoty", :type => nil})
-    category_attrs = {"name"=>"Test categoty", "type" => nil, "categorizations_count" => nil}
+    category_attrs = {"name"=>"Test categoty", "id" => nil, "type" => nil, "categorizations_count" => nil}
     assert_equal category_attrs , category.attributes_before_type_cast
   end
 
@@ -238,6 +247,12 @@ class AttributeMethodsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     # puts ""
   end
 
+  def test_read_overridden_attribute
+    topic = Topic.new(:title => 'a')
+    def topic.title() 'b' end
+    assert_equal 'a', topic[:title]
+  end
+
   def test_query_attribute_string
     [nil, "", " "].each do |value|
       assert_equal false, Topic.new(:author_name => value).author_name?
@@ -568,7 +583,7 @@ class AttributeMethodsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   def test_bulk_update_respects_access_control
     privatize("title=(value)")
 
-    assert_raise(ActiveRecord::UnknownAttributeError) { topic = @target.new(:title => "Rants about pants") }
+    assert_raise(ActiveRecord::UnknownAttributeError) { @target.new(:title => "Rants about pants") }
     assert_raise(ActiveRecord::UnknownAttributeError) { @target.new.attributes = { :title => "Ants in pants" } }
   end