From 8cda132136a766621b4c976cb1df7007d12ee6b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thedarkone <thedarkone2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:51:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make InheritableOptions's constructor more flexible.

---
 activesupport/lib/active_support/configurable.rb    | 2 +-
 activesupport/lib/active_support/ordered_options.rb | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/configurable.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/configurable.rb
index 36634bd7f3b25..3d91560833290 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/configurable.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/configurable.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def config
           superclass.config.inheritable_copy
         else
           # create a new "anonymous" class that will host the compiled reader methods
-          Class.new(Configuration).new({})
+          Class.new(Configuration).new
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/ordered_options.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/ordered_options.rb
index 2b67e72cffa82..99c6c5a0c0253 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/ordered_options.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/ordered_options.rb
@@ -36,8 +36,12 @@ def method_missing(name, *args)
   end
 
   class InheritableOptions < OrderedOptions
-    def initialize(parent)
-      super() { |h,k| parent[k] }
+    def initialize(parent = nil)
+      if parent
+        super() { |h,k| parent[k] }
+      else
+        super()
+      end
     end
 
     def inheritable_copy