2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dfd779699..6cadd20b3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Dec 26 16:10:17 2007  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* string.c (Init_String): defines chars method.
+
 Wed Dec 26 14:38:43 2007  NAKAMURA Usaku  <usa@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* instruby.rb: install goruby if exists.
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 9dc6a1310..c4319a489 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -5741,6 +5741,7 @@ Init_String(void)
     rb_define_method(rb_cString, "split", rb_str_split_m, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cString, "lines", rb_str_each_line, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cString, "bytes", rb_str_each_byte, 0);
+    rb_define_method(rb_cString, "chars", rb_str_each_char, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cString, "reverse", rb_str_reverse, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cString, "reverse!", rb_str_reverse_bang, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cString, "concat", rb_str_concat, 1);