[rspec-users] hello! first post + context_setup

[Jodi Showers]

On 24-Jan-07, at 3:03 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:
> I have bumped into a couple of probs:
> 	1. context_setup to define the doesn't permit access to fixtures.  
> "You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!"
>
> Please submit a bug on this to the tracker:
>
> http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?group_id=797
>

>         2. transactions are defined around each specify? For this  
> reason my specifies are very repetitive, encompassing all state  
> movement for all previous contexts.
>         3. since 2 seems to be the case, it probably doesn't matter  
> - but is execution order  guaranteed for specifiy's ?
>
> Order is not guaranteed as in a commitment from the RSpec team to  
> keep it that way. We believe that each specify block should be  
> completely independent from the next, so order should not be related.
>
> That said, the specify method generates a Specification object  
> which is added to a Ruby Array held by the Context object (which is  
> generated by the context method). Given that implementation, the  
> specs will run in order. And it is HIGHLY unlikely that this would  
> ever change. Depending on that, however, is a risk that you would  
> have to understand and choose to take.
>
> Thinking about the particular problem at hand, imagine that we  
> solved the transaction problem and allowed you to declare the  
> entire context to be wrapped in a single transaction and guaranteed  
> order. Now if spec 1 fails, you can't really trust the outcome of  
> spec 2 (because it depends on state leftover from spec 1). This  
> seems to me to be no different than having a single specify block  
> that takes you through all the states. In fact, it strikes me as  
> worse than the single spec block because you can't trust the other  
> outcomes.
>
> So I'd recommend just writing one spec block.
>

I'm in agreement David.

I'm facing a bunch of code duplication (that doesn't feel safe), so  
I'd perhaps I'll work out a means to iterate over the events and  
expected states.

I'll file that bug tomorrow.

Jodi


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