[rspec-users] Why pending only works inside it

[John Feminella]

You can use an empty block instead:

===begin Ruby
describe Apple do
  it "should be delicious" do
    # real test
  end

  it "should be crunchy" # still pending
end
===end Ruby

Then you'll get:

===begin shell
Apple
- should be delicious
- should be crunchy (PENDING: Not Yet Implemented)
===end shell

Hope that helps.
--
John Feminella
Principal Consultant, Distilled Brilliance



On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 14:07, Nadal <node.js99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wrote following code and it did not work.
>
>
> describe User do
>  it { should validate_presence_of(:email) }
>  pending "should raise an error when email is blank and record is
> saved with false option"
> end
>
>
> Then I put pending inside it like one given below and it worked.
>
>
> describe User do
>  it { should validate_presence_of(:email) }
>  it "" do
>  pending "should raise an error when email is blank and record is
> saved with false option"
>  end
> end
>
>
>
> I know that rspec is well thought out . Then why rspec is forcing me
> to put empty it around pending line. Why can't I just say that
> something is pending and I will get to it later.
>
> Thanks for all the good work.
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