On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Rick DeNatale <rick.denat...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:38 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:35 AM, rogerdpack <rogerpack2...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Forgive me if the question is a common one... > >> > >> does rspec have any concept like > >> > >> given "a certain set of paths" do > >> > >> it "should be able to recreate them" do; end > >> it "..."; end > >> end > > > > Not built into rspec. There is a merb extension that does that, but there > is > > no "when" and "then" counterpart, so I didn't want to add it to rspec. > > It looks like that merb extension was about injecting a part of a > before block by adding an option to describe, yes? > http://www.mail-archive.com/rspec-users@rubyforge.org/msg07327.html > > I don't see that that's what Roger is asking for though. It seems to > me that he's asking more for yet another synonym for describe or > context. > > In which case I'd suggest just using describe or context as in: > > context "given a certain set of paths" do > before(:each) do > # code to set up the paths however the included specs need them, e.g. > @paths = ["a/b", "c/d"] > end > > it "should be able to recreate them" do; end > it "..."; end > end > > I tend to use describe for the top level, and context when nested. > Ah - I see what you mean. Though, I tend to use describe() for nouns and context for context. describe "something" do context "in some state" do Usuall that works out that the outer block starts w/ describe and the inner starts w/ context, but sometimes there are describe blocks nested within describe blocks as well. -- > Rick DeNatale > > Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale > WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >
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