On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:38 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:35 AM, rogerdpack <rogerpack2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Forgive me if the question is a common one... >> >> does rspec have any concept like >> >> given "a certain set of paths" do >> >> it "should be able to recreate them" do; end >> it "..."; end >> end > > Not built into rspec. There is a merb extension that does that, but there is > no "when" and "then" counterpart, so I didn't want to add it to rspec.
It looks like that merb extension was about injecting a part of a before block by adding an option to describe, yes? http://www.mail-archive.com/rspec-users@rubyforge.org/msg07327.html I don't see that that's what Roger is asking for though. It seems to me that he's asking more for yet another synonym for describe or context. In which case I'd suggest just using describe or context as in: context "given a certain set of paths" do before(:each) do # code to set up the paths however the included specs need them, e.g. @paths = ["a/b", "c/d"] end it "should be able to recreate them" do; end it "..."; end end I tend to use describe for the top level, and context when nested. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
