[rspec-users] Missing method implementation_backtrace

[Scott Taylor]

On Nov 20, 2008, at 2:35 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Ben Fyvie <ben.fyvie at champsoftware.com 
> > wrote:
>> We just upgraded from rspec version 1.1.4 to rspec version 1.1.11  
>> and found
>> that this no longer exists:
>>
>>
>>
>> # File lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb, line 84
>>
>>      def implementation_backtrace
>>
>>        eval("caller", @_implementation)
>>
>>      end
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't really know what this method is for and don't really care  
>> that it is
>> gone; however, Netbeans 6.5 does care that it is gone and is not  
>> able to run
>> tests without it.  As a temporary band-aid I have added the method  
>> back
>> locally.  I was wondering if someone could enlighten me as to why  
>> the method
>> was removed?
>
> Unfortunately we don't yet have a formal API for tool vendors to use,
> so NetBeans apparently used a method that we view as internal and it
> got moved or renamed during a refactoring.
>
> This is something we plan to address over the coming months:
> formalizing an API for extension and tool use.
>

Also, check out this:

http://metaclass.org/2008/6/7/calling-in-the-dark

Scott