[rspec-users] Calling let(:something) from before blocks?

[Christoph Schiessl]

Hello!

I find myself repeating the same `let(:something)` statements over and over again in different view examples. Therefore, I wonder if it's possible to define these globally in the spec_helper.rb file. I came up with the following approach:

  # spec/spec_helper.rb
  RSpec.configure do |config|
    # ...
    config.before(:each, :type => :view) do
      let(:something) { "available for **all** view examples" }
    end
    # ...
  end

However, this doesn't work because `let` isn't defined in that context:

  Failure/Error: Unable to find matching line from backtrace
  undefined method `let' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x105569298>

Some kind of workaround to make this work would be really nice. Is this usage of `let` supported at all?

Thx & best regards,
Christoph

PS: I'm using rspec 2.0.1, rails 3.0.1 and ruby 1.8.7.