On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:23 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Jeff Talbot <jeff.a.tal...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Something I do often is use stub methods in before blocks and mock > > expectations in a specific examples (much like described here: > > http://blog.davidchelimsky.net/2006/11/9/tutorial-rspec-stubs-and-mocks > ). > > > > I was just surprised with an instance of doing this and I thought I'd > check > > with the group to see if I shouldn't have been. > > > > What should be the expected output of the following -- assume it's the > only > > code in a spec file: > > > > class Foo; def bar; end; end > > > > it "should print something" do > > foo = Foo.new > > foo.stub!(:bar).and_return(true) > > foo.should_receive(:bar).at_least(:once).and_return(false) > > puts foo.bar > > puts foo.bar > > end > > > > I expected "false / false". The actual output is "false / true". > > "false / true" is correct. > > The first call to foo.bar satisfies the message expectation > (should_receive), so the message expectation is no longer paying > attention after that. If there was no stub, it would field any > subsequent calls, but in this case the stub gets it. > Makes sense, and after thinking about it some more I think I'm fully satisfied with that explanation. > FWIW, I'd avoid mixing stub! and should_receive for cases like this, > just to avoid the sort of confusion you're experiencing. > By "cases like this" I assume you mean cases where the method is invoke multiple times? Jeff > Cheers, > David > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
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