3 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
index 48190e1e66..31919474ed 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ class Object
   #     ...
   #   end
   #
+  # You can also call try with a block without accepting an argument, and the block
+  # will be instance_eval'ed instead:
+  #
+  #   @person.try { upcase.truncate(50) }
+  #
   # Please also note that +try+ is defined on +Object+, therefore it won't work
   # with instances of classes that do not have +Object+ among their ancestors,
   # like direct subclasses of +BasicObject+. For example, using +try+ with
@@ -40,7 +45,11 @@ class Object
   # delegator itself.
   def try(*a, &b)
     if a.empty? && block_given?
-      yield self
+      if b.arity.zero?
+        instance_eval(&b)
+      else
+        yield self
+      end
     else
       public_send(*a, &b) if respond_to?(a.first)
     end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/gem_version.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/gem_version.rb
index 83a3bf7a5d..0a2b4c1618 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/gem_version.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/gem_version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module ActiveSupport
-  # Returns the version of the currently loaded ActiveSupport as a <tt>Gem::Version</tt>
+  # Returns the version of the currently loaded Active Support as a <tt>Gem::Version</tt>
   def self.gem_version
     Gem::Version.new VERSION::STRING
   end
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
     MAJOR = 4
     MINOR = 2
     TINY  = 0
-    PRE   = "alpha"
+    PRE   = "beta1"
 
     STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join(".")
   end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb
index ee62523824..49dfee96ec 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ module ActiveSupport
       if @utc_offset
         @utc_offset
       else
-        @current_period ||= tzinfo.try(:current_period)
-        @current_period.try(:utc_offset)
+        @current_period ||= tzinfo.current_period if tzinfo
+        @current_period.utc_offset if @current_period
       end
     end