Hello,
Something I do often is use stub methods in before blocks and mock
expectations in a specific examples (much like described here:
http://blog.davidchelimsky.net/2006/11/9/tutorial-rspec-stubs-and-mocks).
I was just surprised with an instance of doing this and I thought I’d
check
with the group to see if I shouldn’t have been.
What should be the expected output of the following – assume it’s the
only
code in a spec file:
class Foo; def bar; end; end
it “should print something” do
foo = Foo.new
foo.stub!(:bar).and_return(true)
foo.should_receive(:bar).at_least(:once).and_return(false)
puts foo.bar
puts foo.bar
end
I expected “false / false”. The actual output is “false / true”.
Jeff
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Jeff T. [email protected]
wrote:
code in a spec file:
I expected “false / false”. The actual output is “false / true”.
“false / true” is correct.
The first call to foo.bar satisfies the message expectation
(should_receive), so the message expectation is no longer paying
attention after that. If there was no stub, it would field any
subsequent calls, but in this case the stub gets it.
FWIW, I’d avoid mixing stub! and should_receive for cases like this,
just to avoid the sort of confusion you’re experiencing.
Cheers,
David
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:23 AM, David C.
[email protected]wrote:
check
foo.stub!(:bar).and_return(true)
(should_receive), so the message expectation is no longer paying
attention after that. If there was no stub, it would field any
subsequent calls, but in this case the stub gets it.
Makes sense, and after thinking about it some more I think I’m fully
satisfied with that explanation.
FWIW, I’d avoid mixing stub! and should_receive for cases like this,
just to avoid the sort of confusion you’re experiencing.
By “cases like this” I assume you mean cases where the method is invoke
multiple times?
Jeff
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Jeff T. [email protected]
wrote:
expectations in a specific examples (much like described here:
I expected “false / false”. The actual output is “false / true”.
FWIW, I’d avoid mixing stub! and should_receive for cases like this,
just to avoid the sort of confusion you’re experiencing.
By “cases like this” I assume you mean cases where the method is invoke
multiple times?
Yep. I’d avoid the stub in this case.