[rspec-users] Trouble validating an exception

[Pat Maddox]

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Ben Greenberg
<mailing_lists at bengreenberg.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This spec always passes:
>
>    lambda do
>      process_card @credit_card, billing_info, 10604, '1.1.1.1', @gateway
>    end.should raise_error(MinimalCart::CaptureFailureError) do |ex|
>      ex.should be_nil
>      ex.should_not be_nil
>      ex.responses.should be_nil
>      ex.responses.should_include @auth_response
>      ex.responses.include?.with('a').should be_true
>    end
>
> Clearly, it makes no sense.  Somehow the exception validation block is not
> running.  What am I doing wrong?

try using { } instead of do..end.  Pretty sure that the problem you're
experiencing has to do with Ruby's block precedence.

Pat