allow strings along with symbols in Ability definition and checking

spec/cancan/ability_spec.rb

@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ describe CanCan::Ability do
     @ability.can?(:paint, :cars).should be_false
   end
 
+  it "allows strings instead of symbols" do
+    @ability.can "paint", "fences"
+    @ability.can?("paint", "fences").should be_true
+    @ability.can "access", "all"
+    @ability.can?("wax", "cars").should be_true
+  end
+
 
   # Aliases
 

spec/cancan/rule_spec.rb

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require "spec_helper"
 describe CanCan::Rule do
   before(:each) do
     @conditions = {}
-    @rule = CanCan::Rule.new(true, :read, Integer, @conditions, nil)
+    @rule = CanCan::Rule.new(true, :read, :integers, @conditions, nil)
   end
 
   it "should return no association joins if none exist" do
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe CanCan::Rule do
   end
 
   it "should return no association joins if conditions is nil" do
-    rule = CanCan::Rule.new(true, :read, Integer, nil, nil)
+    rule = CanCan::Rule.new(true, :read, :integers, nil, nil)
     rule.associations_hash.should == {}
   end
 end