[rspec-users] getting output of STDOUT in spec

[Ashley Moran]

On 10 Apr 2007, at 13:21, aslak hellesoy wrote:

> def name_to_terminal(io=STDOUT)
>   io.puts "Scott Taylor"
> end
>
> then call it from a spec passing in a mock for io with the appropriate
> expectation

Aha - this gives me an idea about the dreaded "current-time" problem

def do_something(time_factory=Time)
   time = time_factory.new
   # ...
end

Actually I suppose it works for any class.  Why didn't I think of  
that before?  It's so simple!