On May 6, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Phillip Koebbe wrote: > Are these two forms theoretically functionally equivalent: > > 1) > > car = stub_model(Car) > Car.stub(:new).and_return(car) > > 2) > > Car.stub(:new).and_return(stub_model(Car)) > > I ask because I thought they were, but just hit something that suggests they > are not. I was originally using the first form, but then thought I'd shorten > it up a little (especially since nothing special is happening in the > stub_model call), so I changed it to form 2. But when I did, I got an error: > > NoMethodError in 'Web::Agent::NelliesController get :new should assign to > @nelly' > You have a nil object when you didn't expect it! > You might have expected an instance of ActiveRecord::Base. > The error occurred while evaluating nil.id= > /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/misc.rb:39:in > `returning' > ./spec/controllers/web/agent/nellies_controller_spec.rb:140: > script/spec:10: > > Line 140 of the spec was where I was using form 2. I change it back to form 1 > and the error went away. > > Thoughts?
stub_model(Car) invokes Car.new. The call to Car.stub(:new) overrides new() before stub_model(Car) is evaluated. Make sense? _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
