On May 26, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Nadal wrote:

> Thanks. That got me moving.
> 
> I like how in rspec I can say context when I mean context and describe
> when I mean describe. Going by that principal here I should have been
> allowed to say pending when I mean pending and I should not be forced
> to use it which would come in report as pending.
> 
> It is nitpicking but paying attention to such detail has made rspec so
> great. Just a fresh perspective since I am trying out rspec for the
> first time.

In rspec-2 you _can_ say pending like this:

describe 'something' do
  context 'in some context' do
    pending 'it does something or other'



> 
> On May 26, 2:20 pm, Scott Taylor <sc...@railsnewbie.com> wrote:
>> On May 26, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Nadal wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> I wrote following code and it did not work.
>> 
>>> describe User do
>>> it { should validate_presence_of(:email) }
>>> pending "should raise an error when email is blank and record is
>>> saved with false option"
>>> end
>> 
>>> Then I put pending inside it like one given below and it worked.
>> 
>>> describe User do
>>> it { should validate_presence_of(:email) }
>>> it "" do
>>>  pending "should raise an error when email is blank and record is
>>> saved with false option"
>>> end
>>> end
>> 
>> Use an it with no block:
>> 
>> it "should raise an error when email is blank and record is saved with false 
>> option"
>> 
>> Scott
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> I know that rspec is well thought out . Then why rspec is forcing me
>>> to put empty it around pending line. Why can't I just say that
>>> something is pending and I will get to it later.
>> 
>>> Thanks for all the good work.
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