[rspec-devel] [ rspec-Feature Requests-12132 ] succeed matcher

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Feature Requests item #12132, was opened at 2007-07-09 15:10
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Category: expectation module
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Brian Takita (btakita)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: succeed matcher

Initial Comment:
Sometime I want to have a method that has a compound matcher.

The succeed matcher executes the block and returns true if there is no exception.

e.g.

"Foobar".should succeed do |obj|
  obj.to_s.should == "Foobar"
end # success

"Foobar".should succeed do |obj|
  obj.to_s.should == "Baz"
end # Failure

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>Comment By: Brian Takita (btakita)
Date: 2007-07-14 13:11

Message:
David, satisfy depends on the return value of the block. It
has to be true. The intention of succeed is that there is no
exception in the block.

I suppose that unless the last line of the block is false or
nil, it will work, but that seems kind of side-effecty. I'm
worried that would lead to unexpected failures.

Of course, succeed is very similar to satisfy so it may not
justify adding another matcher.

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Comment By: Aslak Hellesøy (aslak_hellesoy)
Date: 2007-07-09 15:29

Message:
What kind of method are you talking about?
Why does it matter what the succeed matcher _returns_?

Can you provide a more illustrative/complete example? I can rewrite your code as (I must be missing something):

"Foobar".to_s.should == "Foobar"
"Foobar".to_s.should == "Baz"

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Comment By: David Chelimsky (dchelimsky)
Date: 2007-07-09 15:26

Message:
Have you tried should satisfy? It's basically what you're asking for:

http://rspec.rubyforge.org/rdoc/classes/Spec/Matchers.html#M000248

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