From 5aff5e79b8bcf55f90997711f019eae3f18eef45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: knu <knu@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:12:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Merge changes from ruby_1_8 except for the post-1.8.7 part.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@24524 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
---
 doc/NEWS-1.8.7 | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/NEWS-1.8.7 b/doc/NEWS-1.8.7
index 6a7a77211d..323dee5af5 100644
--- a/doc/NEWS-1.8.7
+++ b/doc/NEWS-1.8.7
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
   * Array#flatten
   * Array#flatten!
 
-    Takes an optional argument that determines the level of recursion
+    Take an optional argument that determines the level of recursion
     to flatten.
 
   * Array#eql?
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
   * Array#index
   * Array#rindex
 
-    Take a block instead of an argument.
+    Use a given block if no argument is given.
 
   * Array#collect!
   * Array#map!
@@ -623,6 +623,19 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
       # After (works with any version)
       hd = Digest::MD5.hexdigest("string")
 
+  * Digest::Base#==
+
+    * self == string
+
+      Automatic detection between binary digest values and hexadecimal
+      digest values has been dropped.  It is always assumed that a
+      binary digest value is given for comparison.
+
+    * self == md
+
+      Digest objects are compared by the resulting digest values, not
+      by the exact vector states.
+
 * fileutils
 
   * A minor implementation change breaks Rake <=0.7.1.