On 25 Feb 2011, at 00:26, Shamaoke wrote:
> Thanks for the explanations, Costi G. I didn't thought that the `DATA`
> constant isn't seen by the interpreter if it is in the required file.
>
> The only solution that I can think of right now is the following:
Why not just File.read(DATA_FILE) and keep the data in a separate file?
>
> ~~~
> # data_spec.rb
>
> describe 'DATA' do
> it 'contains lines following the __END__ keyword' do
> data = File.read(__FILE__).split("__END__\n")[-1]
> data.should == "Hello from the underground!\n"
> end
> end
>
> __END__
> Hello from the underground!
> ~~~
>
> Costi G.:
>> P. A. wrote in post #983523:
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> In Ruby there's the `DATA` constant which contains the lines following
>>> the `__END__` keyword in the source file. For some reason RSpec
>>> doesn't see it.
>>>
>>> Here's the example:
>>>
>>> ~~~
>>> # data_spec.rb
>>>
>>> requre 'rspec'
>>>
>>> describe 'DATA' do
>>> it 'contains lines following the __END__ keyword' do
>>> DATA.read.should == "Hello from underground!\n"
>>> end
>>> end
>>>
>>> __END__
>>> Hello from underground!
>>> ~~~
>>>
>>> If then I run `$ rspec data_spec.rb`, I'm getting 'NameError:
>>> uninitialized constant RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1::DATA'.
>>> However, if I use `$ ruby data_spec.rb` all works fine.
>>
>> DATA works only on the first file called by the interpreter.
>>
>> first.rb:
>> require 'second'
>>
>> second.rb:
>> p DATA.read
>>
>> __END__
>> BAM!
>>
>>
>> ruby first.rb
>> ./second.rb:1: uninitialized constant DATA (NameError)
>> from first.rb:1:in `require'
>> from first.rb:1
>>
>> ruby second.rb
>> "BAM!\n"
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Why RSpec doesn't see the constant when I use the `rspec` command? How
>>> can I solve the problem?
>>
>>
>> The restriction on DATA notwithstanding, DATA in that context will by
>> ambiguous. Think about it, is the DATA from the rspec file or the DATA
>> from the tested file?
>>
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Matt
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