On 9/3/07, David Chelimsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/3/07, Ashley Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > Easy one - I just wondered why all spec files for rspec_on_rails end > > "_spec.rb" instead of just ".rb"? They are all inside the spec > > folder so surely the fact they are specs is implicit? > > For me, personally, if I'm in TextMate and I see a row of tabs that say: > > thing.rb|thing_controller.rb|thing_controller.rb|thing.rb > > I'm going to be confused by that. It also makes searching for the file > that much more complicated because you have to start looking for the > folder when you search for thing.rb instead of just looking for the > filename. > > Thoughts about that?
>From a practical standpoint, _spec is there because it allows me to distinguish files at a glance. >From a philosophical standpoint, .rb is there because I'm writing specifications that just happen to be implemented in Ruby. (no I would not suggest in a million years that the files be changed to .spec. That's silly) Pat _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
