On 10/14/07, David Chelimsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/14/07, Pat Maddox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think we all know that the readability of steps isn't great right > > now, and in fact there's a very recent thread that discusses just > > that. It was that recent thread that prompted me to explore this a > > bit. > > > > The basic idea is that you define step matchers, which have a regex, > > and then you match step names against that regex. Kind of tough for > > me to explain so I'll just link to some code :) > > > > spec: http://pastie.caboo.se/107116 > > impl: http://pastie.caboo.se/107117 > > > > Instead of writing > > Given "a user named __ who is __ years old", "Pat Maddox", 22 > > > > it allows you to write > > Given "a user named Pat Maddox who is 22 years old" > > > > I wrote it out as a separate matcher because it was just easiest to do > > it that way while I explored this approach, no messing around with > > RSpec internals to get it to really work. However if we went this > > route the structure would certainly be different. > > > > Hopefully you can get the idea from the example code. Ideally what I > > would like is to write step libraries that are external to the stories > > themselves. The stories would be much clearer because the > > implementation would not be embedded, and the step names themselves > > would make a lot more sense. > > > > wdyt? > > LOL - I just suggested something like this in the other thread you > cite. Though your idea strikes me as far more flexible and usable. > Well done!!!!
This just occurs to me. If we do away with the need for special characters/positioning, blocks, etc, we should be able to do just this, no? Given a savings account with 100 dollars When the account owner asks for 101 dollars Then the account owner should receive 0 dollars Then the account should have 100 dollars Look mom - no quotes! Cheers, David > > Cheers, > David > > > > > Pat > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
