On 9/1/07, Wilson Bilkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/1/07, rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 1 Sep 2007, at 10:04, Tom Stuart wrote: > > > > > On 1 Sep 2007, at 09:31, rupert wrote: > > >>> Are we planning on dumping the mock framework in favor of using > > >>> Mocha > > >> The idea has been bandied around on the dev list recently > > This decision, if it is made in this manner, is suicide for RSpec. > I have been a huge RSpec booster, but this will make me drop it like a hot > coal. > =(
While I won't drop RSpec ;) I agree that removing the mocking framework is a mistake. With the integration of rbehave, RSpec is a complete BDD framework. It allows for behavior specification at the app-level and at the object-level. I'm sure everyone will agree that mocking is integral to the object specification component of BDD. To paraphrase Aslak, "if you're not using mock objects then it ain't BDD." I can understand not wanting to reinvent the wheel, and there are mock frameworks that sufficiently do the job. However the whole point of RSpec is that we're not satisfied with "sufficient" but instead demand a tool that works the way our brains think. I haven't used Mocha or Flexmock extensively because RSpec's mocking has been great for me...but I remember taking a look at them when Mocha support was first added to RSpec. There were some things that RSpec's framework did better and more clearly than Mocha. I wish I could remember them precisely, but it was quite a while back. The point is, if the mock framework feels off even a little bit, it basically defeats the purpose of RSpec. At the very least, it undermines it to a degree. RSpec should keep its mocking framework because it's the only framework that is designed with the same philosophy as RSpec. In fact I feel insanely strange thinking of them as separate entities. The best scenario, imo, is one where we have a mocking framework tightly coupled to the overall vision of the RSpec project, but that allows people to use something else if they really want. I think it's important that RSpec remain a complete BDD framework with all necessary components working in harmony. Pat _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
