[rspec-users] slightly confusing error message

[Rob Biedenharn]

On Aug 23, 2011, at 3:16 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:

> On Aug 23, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Roger Pack wrote:
>
>> This error message:
>>
>>
>>  it 'should' do
>>     proc { eval("a=")}.should raise_exception(/SyntaxError/)
>>  end

shouldn't that be
	raise_exception(SyntaxError)
that is, the exception class, not a Regexp literal to match its name.

>>
>>
>>      expected Exception with message matching /SyntaxError/, got
>> #<SyntaxError: (eval):1: syntax error, unexpected end-of-file>
>>
>> Is a bit confusing, since it appears from the error output that it
>> *does* match /SyntaxError/
>>
>> Might be able to word it better or along those lines.
>> Thanks!
>> -roger-
>
> Please report this to http://github.com/rspec/rspec-expectations/issues 
> .
>
> Cheers,
> David
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