[rspec-users] Cucumber - Ambiguous steps

[Joseph Wilk]

David Chelimsky wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 8:21 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>>>>>> anyone have good examples where they would?
>>> you just stick a $ at the end of the Regexp?
>>>
>>> That's how regexen work. I don't see why they should work any
>>> differently when used in Cucumber.
>>
>> My previous comments withdrawn. I agree with Aslak.
> 
> Although, I can see why one might be confused by this. I was. Even
> though these are regular expressions, the context led me to an
> (erroneous, but intuitive) expectation that in the presence of these
> two ...
> 
>   /this and "(.*)"/
>   /this and "(.*)" and the other thing/
> 
> ... that the first would not match "this and that and the other thing"
> 
> Perhaps a hint in the error message is in order?
> 
>     When this and "that" and the other thing
>       Ambiguous step resolution for "this and \"that\" and the other 
> thing":
> 
>       ./features//foo-steps.rb:4:in `/this and "(.*)" and the other 
> thing/'
>       ./features//foo-steps.rb:1:in `/this and "(.*)"/' 
> (Cucumber::Ambiguous)
> 
>       Consider ending the shorter expression with a $
> 
> WDYT?

I can see the logic of what you are both saying, so David's 
error/warning seems like the best idea. We can avoid other people 
getting confused about this.

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