Thanks for all the replies and the help.

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:08 PM, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Oct 19, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Pat Maddox wrote:
>
> > On Oct 19, 2010, at 12:56 AM, Oscar Del Ben wrote:
> >
> >> I'm having some troubles understanding how to test a couple of things.
> Usually, if I'm having trouble testing something, it means that my design
> could probably be improved or changed, but in these cases I think I'm doing
> the right thing.
> >>
> >> Here's the first scenario:
> >>
> >> class Foo
> >>  def initialize
> >>    do_something
> >>  end
> >> end
> >>
> >> Here I have no idea how to test that the do_something method is called.
> >
> > What are the post-conditions of do_something?  Check for those.
>
> Think "outcomes" as opposed to "post-conditions", which means something
> very specific (and subtly different) in the context of Design by Contract.
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