--- /dev/null
+class Object
+ def to_param
+ to_s
+ end
+end
+
+class TrueClass
+ def to_param
+ self
+ end
+end
+
+class FalseClass
+ def to_param
+ self
+ end
+end
+
+class NilClass
+ def to_param
+ self
+ end
+end
+
+class Regexp #:nodoc:
+ def number_of_captures
+ Regexp.new("|#{source}").match('').captures.length
+ end
+
+ def multiline?
+ options & MULTILINE == MULTILINE
+ end
+
+ class << self
+ def optionalize(pattern)
+ case unoptionalize(pattern)
+ when /\A(.|\(.*\))\Z/ then "#{pattern}?"
+ else "(?:#{pattern})?"
+ end
+ end
+
+ def unoptionalize(pattern)
+ [/\A\(\?:(.*)\)\?\Z/, /\A(.|\(.*\))\?\Z/].each do |regexp|
+ return $1 if regexp =~ pattern
+ end
+ return pattern
+ end
+ end
+end