On Nov 6, 2010, at 7:10 PM, Hedge Hog wrote: > Hi Group, > I'm back to Rspec after some time away, and was a little curious about > why the following example does not return the value zero. > > https://gist.github.com/665226 > > I have tried @repo.status.__send__{type.to_sym}.size and got the same > result, and I suspected the send was maybe bypassing rspec > doubles/stubs, so I used the eval and got the same result. > > That said, I have used stub_chain to get this to pass, but would > appreciate any insight into what I've done wrong. > The side effect of stub_chain is that it seems to clobber the contents > of .status, so I have to create a new @repo instance, which just feels > wrong when I'm actually trying to stub the method 'type'. > > In fact since, in the gist, I use should_receive I expected that this > would break the example altogether. Rather it is as if the method > 'type' is unaffected. > This post left me with the impression that 'type' should be overridden > after the use of should_receive (in the way status is after using the > stub_chain), but I've obviously misunderstood: > http://groups.google.com/group/rspec/browse_thread/thread/a38932d19fffee49/915d609d3a0d2862?lnk=gst&q=stub+method+chain#915d609d3a0d2862
I have some thoughts for you, but this is really a Cucumber question (even though you're using rspec-mocks in the context of Cucumber). Are you aware there is a separate Cucumber list? http://groups.google.com/group/cukes I'd recommend moving this conversation there, at which point I'll be glad to respond. Cheers, David > > Appreciate any insights > Best wishes > > -- > πόλλ' οἶδ ἀλώπηξ, ἀλλ' ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα > [The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.] > Archilochus, Greek poet (c. 680 BC – c. 645 BC) > http://wiki.hedgehogshiatus.com > _______________________________________________ > 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
