matz

git-svn-id: http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/trunk@844 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 7943465ef..678b1b880 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -684,6 +684,10 @@ rb_str_rindex(argc, argv, str)
 
     if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &sub, &position) == 2) {
 	pos = NUM2INT(position);
+        if (pos < 0) {
+	    pos += RSTRING(str)->len;
+	    if (pos < 0) return Qnil;
+        }
 	if (pos > RSTRING(str)->len) pos = RSTRING(str)->len;
     }
     else {