[rspec-users] very odd controller spec problem

[Jeff Dean]

Is @fund nil?  I'm guessing here, but the []= could be from the underlying
attributes (@fund.id is the same as @fund.attributes['id']).

On 5/16/07, Jim Hughes <jeem at hughesorama.com> wrote:
>
> Here's a snippet:
>
>    it "should provide the fund" do
>      get(:timesheet,{:id=>@fund.id})
>      assigns[:fund].should == @fund
>    end
>
> Works fine on my box, fails on my CI server.  Here's the output:
>
> NoMethodError in 'The FundController timesheet should provide the fund'
> You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
> You might have expected an instance of Array.
> The error occurred while evaluating nil.[]=
> ./spec/controllers/fund_controller_spec.rb:19:
> ./script/spec:4:
>
> The line raising is the "get" line.  I don't see a foo[bar] = x,
> implied anywhere in the statement.
>
> Has anyone seen this?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jim
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