I was wrong. This also works:
```
it do
@test_hash["foobar"].size.should be 3
end
```
Looks like the error was due to the missing dot between size and should.
This test:
```
it do
should be 3
end
```
gives the same error:
```
1) HashBug Test fails
Failure/Error: should be 3
expected #<Fixnum:7> => 3
got #<String:70269524470620> => "Test fails"
Compared using equal?, which compares object identity,
but expected and actual are not the same object. Use
`expect(actual).to eq(expected)` if you don't care about
object identity in this example.
# ./eg_rspec.rb:7:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
```
It seems to indicate that if `should` is not called on an object, it takes
the test description as the expected value - not entirely sure about this.
Will have to read the docs to confirm.
Vighnesh
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Vighnesh Rege <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Kwasi Mensah <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> @test_hash["foobar"].size should be 1
>>
>
> Shouldn't there be a dot between size and should?
> Also, shouldn't the expected value be 3?
>
> Even after making these changes:
> ```
> @test_hash["foobar"].should be 3
> ```
> the test fails for a reason that I'm not aware of. Personally, I'm more
> comfortable with the expect syntax[
> https://github.com/rspec/rspec-expectations]. I changed the first test to:
>
> ```
> it do
> expect(@test_hash["foobar"].size).to eq 3
> end
> ```
>
> And it now works.
>
>
> Vighnesh
>
>
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