On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:51 AM, John Kolokotronis<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been using Rspec 1.1.8 for some time now and even though I am not
> sure I'm doing this the best way possible, it allowed to get a full
> description block of a nested example but Rspec 1.2.8 does not seem to
> have the method I was using (__full_description).
By convention, anything prefixed with a "_" is not part of the public
API and subject to change.
> My example groups
> would look like this:
>
> describe "My test suite" do
> after(:each)
> puts self.__full description
> end
>
> describe "00001: My first test" do
> it "should do something" do
> # some code goes here
> end
> end
> end
>
> With Rspec 1.1.8 (or lower), the __full_description method will give
> me something like "My test suite 00001: My first test should do
> something" which is exactly what I want.
>
> However, with Rspec 1.2.8, there is no such method. If I use
> self.description, I only get what is in the it block, as expected.
>
> How can I access a full description string of a nested example like
> __full_description used to do? Can I also access an example
> description in the after(:each) block without referring to the self
> object? Thanks in advance.
There is no full_description method right now, but it's dead simple:
def full_description
"#{self.class.description} #{description}"
end
Feel free to file a ticket for this at http://rspec.lighthouseapp.com
Cheers,
David
> Regards,
>
> John
>
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