diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4fbd2588d9..36f532ad69 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Thu Feb 19 15:11:40 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* eval_intern.h (translit_char): moved from ruby.c.
+
+	* load.c (load_ext): transliterates file separators and back if
+	  needed.
+
+	* symbian/setup (DLN_NEEDS_ALT_SEPARATOR): defined.
+
 Thu Feb 19 14:48:12 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* configure.in, */Makefile.sub (LOAD_RELATIVE): moved from ruby.c
diff --git a/dln.c b/dln.c
index e9d0bb1508..7521678623 100644
--- a/dln.c
+++ b/dln.c
@@ -1268,16 +1268,6 @@ dln_load(const char *file)
 # define RTLD_GLOBAL 0
 #endif
 
-#if defined __SYMBIAN32__
-	{ /* Need backslash in the path again */
-		char *p;
-		for (p = (char *)file; *p; p++) {
-			if (*p == '/') {
-				*p = '\\';
-			}
-		}
-	}
-#endif
 	/* Load file */
 	if ((handle = (void*)dlopen(file, RTLD_LAZY|RTLD_GLOBAL)) == NULL) {
 	    error = dln_strerror();
@@ -1286,8 +1276,9 @@ dln_load(const char *file)
 
 	init_fct = (void(*)())dlsym(handle, buf);
 #if defined __SYMBIAN32__
-	if (init_fct == NULL)
-		init_fct = (void(*)())dlsym(handle, "1"); /* Some Symbian versions do not support symbol table in DLL, ordinal numbers only */
+	if (init_fct == NULL) {
+	    init_fct = (void(*)())dlsym(handle, "1"); /* Some Symbian versions do not support symbol table in DLL, ordinal numbers only */
+	}
 #endif
 	if (init_fct == NULL) {
 	    error = DLN_ERROR();
diff --git a/eval_intern.h b/eval_intern.h
index 40f64eca06..ac2999d3b9 100644
--- a/eval_intern.h
+++ b/eval_intern.h
@@ -205,4 +205,20 @@ VALUE rb_vm_top_self();
 VALUE rb_vm_cbase(void);
 void rb_trap_restore_mask(void);
 
+#ifndef CharNext		/* defined as CharNext[AW] on Windows. */
+#define CharNext(p) ((p) + mblen(p, RUBY_MBCHAR_MAXSIZE))
+#endif
+
+#if defined DOSISH || defined __CYGWIN__
+static inline void
+translit_char(char *p, int from, int to)
+{
+    while (*p) {
+	if ((unsigned char)*p == from)
+	    *p = to;
+	p = CharNext(p);
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* RUBY_EVAL_INTERN_H */
diff --git a/load.c b/load.c
index f642019053..5f72d5510a 100644
--- a/load.c
+++ b/load.c
@@ -529,8 +529,17 @@ load_failed(VALUE fname)
 static VALUE
 load_ext(VALUE path)
 {
+    VALUE result;
+
     SCOPE_SET(NOEX_PUBLIC);
-    return (VALUE)dln_load(RSTRING_PTR(path));
+#if defined DLN_NEEDS_ALT_SEPARATOR && DLN_NEEDS_ALT_SEPARATOR
+    translit_char(RSTRING_PTR(path), '/', '\\');
+#endif
+    result = (VALUE)dln_load(RSTRING_PTR(path));
+#if defined DLN_NEEDS_ALT_SEPARATOR && DLN_NEEDS_ALT_SEPARATOR
+    translit_char(RSTRING_PTR(path), '\\', '/');
+#endif
+    return result;
 }
 
 VALUE
diff --git a/ruby.c b/ruby.c
index 950c3e1ce0..5fdcb67c6b 100644
--- a/ruby.c
+++ b/ruby.c
@@ -166,22 +166,6 @@ usage(const char *name)
 
 VALUE rb_get_load_path(void);
 
-#ifndef CharNext		/* defined as CharNext[AW] on Windows. */
-#define CharNext(p) ((p) + mblen(p, RUBY_MBCHAR_MAXSIZE))
-#endif
-
-#if defined DOSISH || defined __CYGWIN__
-static inline void
-translate_char(char *p, int from, int to)
-{
-    while (*p) {
-	if ((unsigned char)*p == from)
-	    *p = to;
-	p = CharNext(p);
-    }
-}
-#endif
-
 #if defined _WIN32 || defined __CYGWIN__ || defined __SYMBIAN32__
 static VALUE
 rubylib_mangled_path(const char *s, unsigned int l)
@@ -206,7 +190,7 @@ rubylib_mangled_path(const char *s, unsigned int l)
 	    if (newl == 0 || oldl == 0) {
 		rb_fatal("malformed RUBYLIB_PREFIX");
 	    }
-	    translate_char(newp, '\\', '/');
+	    translit_char(newp, '\\', '/');
 	}
 	else {
 	    notfound = 1;
@@ -370,7 +354,7 @@ ruby_init_loadpath_safe(int safe_level)
 
     libpath[sizeof(libpath) - 1] = '\0';
 #if defined DOSISH
-    translate_char(libpath, '\\', '/');
+    translit_char(libpath, '\\', '/');
 #elif defined __CYGWIN__
     {
 	char rubylib[FILENAME_MAX];
@@ -1270,7 +1254,7 @@ process_options(VALUE arg)
     opt->script_name = rb_str_new_cstr(opt->script);
     opt->script = RSTRING_PTR(opt->script_name);
 #if defined DOSISH || defined __CYGWIN__
-    translate_char(RSTRING_PTR(opt->script_name), '\\', '/');
+    translit_char(RSTRING_PTR(opt->script_name), '\\', '/');
 #endif
     rb_obj_freeze(opt->script_name);
 
diff --git a/symbian/setup b/symbian/setup
index cb28157b69..c3ce317ad5 100644
--- a/symbian/setup
+++ b/symbian/setup
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ define config_h
 @echo>>$(1) #define USE_ELF 1
 @echo>>$(1) #define DLEXT_MAXLEN 4
 @echo>>$(1) #define DLEXT ".dll"
+@echo>>$(1) #define DLN_NEEDS_ALT_SEPARATOR 1
 @echo>>$(1) #define RUBY_LIB "C:/Data/Ruby/lib/$(MAJOR).$(MINOR).$(TEENY)"
 @echo>>$(1) #define RUBY_SITE_LIB "E:/Data/Ruby/lib"
 @echo>>$(1) #define RUBY_SITE_LIB2 "E:/Data/Ruby/lib/$(MAJOR).$(MINOR).$(TEENY)"