[rspec-users] Evaluating shared example customisation block before shared block

[Ashley Moran]

On 2 Aug 2010, at 2:04 AM, Myron Marston wrote:

> I actually find the use of this to be a bit confusing:
> 
> [:foo, :bar].each do |arg|
>  it_should_behave_like "Something", arg do |a|
>    # The value of the param is already bound to arg and now it's
> bound to a, too.
>  end
> end
> 
> I suppose it may be useful in some situations, so I'm fine with it as
> long as the implementation allows you to skip the `|a|`:
> 
> [:foo, :bar].each do |arg|
>  it_should_behave_like "Something", arg do
>    # no need to declare the |a| parameter since we already have it in
> arg.
>    # I find this to be less confusing.
>  end
> end


Agreed - requiring the block parameter to be declared in the host group is putting the onus back on the user, not the author, of the shared examples.  I think we need a way to implement the second version.

Ash

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