On Feb 9, 2008 7:17 AM, Wincent Colaiuta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is it just me, or is the output of "spec --diff" "back to front"?
>
> In other words given expected result:
>
> foo 1
> foo 2
> foo 3
>
> And actual result:
>
> foo 1
> foo 2
> bar x
> foo 3
>
> This is what "spec --diff u the_spec.rb" shows me:
>
> 2)
> 'Thing should blah' FAILED
> expected: "foo 1\nfoo 2\nfoo 3\n",
> got: "foo 1\nfoo 2\nbar x\nfoo 3\n" (using ==)
> Diff:
> @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
> foo 1
> foo 2
> -bar x
> foo 3
> ./spec/the_spec.rb:208:
>
> In other words it's showing me "how is the expected result different
> from the actual?", but I think it would be more intuitive for it to
> show the opposite ("how is the actual result different from the
> expected?"); to me this latter question is much more interesting and
> is the answer I am interested in when I ask "what's the difference
> between the actual and the expected?". The output:
>
> 2)
> 'Thing should blah' FAILED
> expected: "foo 1\nfoo 2\nfoo 3\n",
> got: "foo 1\nfoo 2\nbar x\nfoo 3\n" (using ==)
> Diff:
> @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
> foo 1
> foo 2
> +bar x
> foo 3
> ./spec/the_spec.rb:208:
>
> I understand that this kind of thing might be subjective, so wanted to
> know what other people think.
+1
(That's not a diff. That's my opinion)
Go ahead and patch it up if you want and I'll be glad to make this change.
Cheers,
David
>
> I also have this spook sense of deja vu while writing this, so please
> forgive me if this has come up before.
>
> Cheers,
> Wincent
>
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users@rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>
_______________________________________________
rspec-users mailing list
rspec-users@rubyforge.org
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
