On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Joseph Wilk <j...@josephwilk.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Jonathan Linowes > <jonat...@parkerhill.com> wrote: > > > > On Apr 21, 2009, at 1:57 PM, Joseph Wilk wrote: > > > >> What you really want is an examples table that is embedded in a step > >> (different from a step table, maybe by keyword?) that causes the step to > be > >> run multiple times for each of the values. So rather than using > placeholders > >> we embedded a Examples table in the step. > > > > > > like this? > > Not quite, I was thinking of running the whole scenario for the > examples step table rather than just the step. > > However I really like Ben's suggestion of a sub-table > (http://gist.github.com/99255). > > I think it would be conceptually easier for a non-technical user to > grasp than my first suggestion which makes it a big win for me. > Thanks a lot for all the suggestions so far. I like Ben's subtable too. In the example: "I should be presented a menu with <Meat Options>" I assume the step definition would be: Then /I should be presented a menu with/ do |meat_hash| # meat_hash has the following value the 2nd time (Jewish): {'Pork'=>'N', 'Lamb'=>'Y', 'Veal'=>'Y'} end However, having the <Meat Options> as part of the step would be inconsistent with how the regexp matching is currently working. Here is an alternative: http://gist.github.com/99376 The idea is that we add a new kind of multiline argument in addition to pystrings and tables: Hash. This is done using the familiar <> delimiters as a multiline argument. What's inside it has no significance other than documentation. The keys of the hash would be the same as the Examples table header *minus* the columns that are referred in other steps. In essence it achieves the same as Ben's, but relying on a convention (removing referenced columns) rather than introducing a new, more complex table markup. WDYT? Aslak > > -- > Joseph Wilk > http://blog.josephwilk.net > > > https://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16211/tickets/149-step-outline > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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