Re: [rspec-users] Rspec Style

2013-10-30 Thread Pat Maddox
Curtis, hey man, I saw your post in the rspec list archives (http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rspec-users/2013-August/021811.html). I use context with pattern A: describe UsersController do describe "POST create" do it "creates a user" do ... end context "with bad data" do

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec style and truthiness

2009-03-20 Thread Rick DeNatale
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Stephen Eley wrote: > 2009/3/19 Rick DeNatale : > > Even 'should be' is a bit grating. I'm tempted to write a pair of > matchers > > like be_truthy and be_falsy, but I was wondering what other RSpec users > have > > to say. > > should be || should_not be: that i

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec style and truthiness

2009-03-20 Thread Ben Mabey
Stephen Eley wrote: 2009/3/19 Rick DeNatale : Even 'should be' is a bit grating. I'm tempted to write a pair of matchers like be_truthy and be_falsy, but I was wondering what other RSpec users have to say. should be || should_not be: that is the expectation: Whether 'tis nobler in the

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec style and truthiness

2009-03-20 Thread David Chelimsky
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Joseph Wilk wrote: > Stephen Eley wrote: >> >> 2009/3/19 Rick DeNatale : >> >>> >>> Even 'should be' is a bit grating.  I'm tempted to write a pair of >>> matchers >>> like be_truthy and be_falsy, but I was wondering what other RSpec users >>> have >>> to say. >>>

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec style and truthiness

2009-03-20 Thread Stephen Eley
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:42 PM, David Chelimsky wrote: > > what_follows.should be_brilliant Thank you! Glad I could provide a bit of entertainment. (And hmmm. Now I'm wondering why Ruby culture doesn't have a phenomenon like that of Perl culture, where hackers have 'Perl Poetry' competitions

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec style and truthiness

2009-03-20 Thread Joseph Wilk
Stephen Eley wrote: 2009/3/19 Rick DeNatale : Even 'should be' is a bit grating. I'm tempted to write a pair of matchers like be_truthy and be_falsy, but I was wondering what other RSpec users have to say. should be || should_not be: that is the expectation: Whether 'tis nobler in the

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec style and truthiness

2009-03-20 Thread Pat Maddox
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:42 PM, David Chelimsky wrote: > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Stephen Eley wrote: >> 2009/3/19 Rick DeNatale : >>> Even 'should be' is a bit grating.  I'm tempted to write a pair of matchers >>> like be_truthy and be_falsy, but I was wondering what other RSpec users

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec style and truthiness

2009-03-19 Thread David Chelimsky
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Stephen Eley wrote: > 2009/3/19 Rick DeNatale : >> Even 'should be' is a bit grating.  I'm tempted to write a pair of matchers >> like be_truthy and be_falsy, but I was wondering what other RSpec users have >> to say. > what_follows.should be_brilliant > should

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec style and truthiness

2009-03-19 Thread Stephen Eley
2009/3/19 Rick DeNatale : > Even 'should be' is a bit grating.  I'm tempted to write a pair of matchers > like be_truthy and be_falsy, but I was wondering what other RSpec users have > to say. should be || should_not be: that is the expectation: Whether 'tis nobler in the parser to interpret The o

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec style and truthiness

2009-03-19 Thread Pat Maddox
I hate should/should_not be and so if I really *have* to do it then I just throw a !! in the method and get back a real boolean. Not ideal, but it works. HOWEVER Predicate matchers *do* accept args, and in the specific example you gave, the have matcher comes to the rescue. Check out these exam

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec style and truthiness

2009-03-19 Thread David Chelimsky
2009/3/19 Rick DeNatale : > I like to avoid over-constraining specifications, so for example of methods > which return 'boolean' values, I prefer to test either truthiness (anything > but false or nil), or falsiness (either false or nil). > This isn't an issue true predicate methods which are of th