[rspec-users] Strange behaviour with pending specs and implementation_backtrace

[David Chelimsky]

On Jul 8, 2008, at 3:59 AM, Andreas Wolff wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm using my own OutputFormatter with /bin/spec to catch rspec  
> results. I'm experiencing strange behaviour with pending specs and  
> implementation_backtrace.
> This is my example_pending implementation in rspactor_formatter.rb:
>
> class RSpactorFormatter
>  def example_pending(example, message)
>    spec = SpecObject.new(
>      :name               => example.description,
>      :example_group_name => @example_group.description,
>      :state              => :pending,
>      :message            => message,
>      :backtrace          => example.implementation_backtrace
>    )
>    @remote_service.incoming(:spec_run_example_pending, spec)
>  end
> end
>
>
> If my code contains a pending example in test_spec.rb like this:
>
> it 'should be pending' do
>  pending
> end
>
> 'example.implementation_backtrace' contains the correct file path.
>
>
> If I change the implementation to:
>
> it 'should be pending'
>
> 'example.implementation_backtrace' doesn't contain the correct file  
> path anymore. Instead the backtrace ends with my custom formatter  
> file 'rspactor_formatter.rb'.
>
>
> Is this behaviour correct? Am I something missing?

It's a bug. RSpec doesn't report backtraces of pending examples so  
this never came up.

Please report this to http://rspec.lighthouseapp.com

Cheers,
David

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>
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