[rspec-users] Strange issue with the 'its' construct

[David Chelimsky]

On May 20, 2010, at 11:49 AM, Tom Ten Thij wrote:

> The 'its' construct seems to not be working for me. I have narrowed it
> down to a basic example that I think should be working. Note that when I
> use a normal 'it' block with a subject in it, that works fine.
> 
> Any insights would be welcome: http://gist.github.com/407789
> 
> Cheers, Tom.
> 
> == Below is just a copy of the content of the gist ==
> 
>> : cat spec/controllers/simple_spec.rb 
> require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper')
> 
> describe HomeController do
>  context "looking at an email" do
>    subject do
>      mail = TMail::Mail.new
>      mail.from = "origin at example.com"
>      mail
>    end
> 
>    # This passes as expected.
>    it "should have the correct from address" do
>      subject.from.should == ['origin at example.com']
>    end
> 
>    # I don't understand why this fails.
>    its(:from) { should == ['origin at example.com'] }
>  end
> end
> 
>> : ./script/spec spec/controllers/simple_spec.rb -b

Please file a bug at https://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/5645-rspec if there's not one already.

Thanks,
David

> .F
> 
> 1)
> NoMethodError in 'HomeController looking at an email from should ==
> ["origin at example.com"]'
> undefined method `from' for #<HomeController:0x102bd7c40>
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/example/subject.rb:25:in
> `send'
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/example/subject.rb:25:in
> `subject'
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/example/subject.rb:91:in
> `should'
> ./spec/controllers/simple_spec.rb:14:
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:40:in
> `instance_eval'
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:40:in
> `execute'
> /Users/tomtt/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p249/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:53:in
> `timeout'
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/example/example_methods.rb:37:in
> `execute'
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:214:in
> `run_examples'
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:212:in
> `each'
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:212:in
> `run_examples'
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:103:in
> `run'
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:23:in
> `run'
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:22:in
> `each'
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:22:in
> `run'
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/runner/options.rb:152:in
> `run_examples'
> /my/project/vendor/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/runner/command_line.rb:9:in
> `run'
> ./script/spec:10:
> 
> Finished in 0.031435 seconds
> 
> 2 examples, 1 failure
> 
> Attachments:
> http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/4745/simple_spec.rb
> 
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