Forum: RSpec Warning (but not failing) if a method wasn't called?

Is there a way to warn but not fail if a particular method wasn't
called? That is, I'm looking for something that's halfway between
obj.stub(...) and obj.should_receive(...). I'm trying to do something
like this:

shared_context "with a stubbed geocoder" do
  before(:each) do
    @geocoding_client = Geocoding::FakeGeoClient.new

    # generate warning if the spec doesn't cause a hit to 
Geocoding.client
    Geocoding.warn_if_not_received(:client).and_return(@geocoding_client)
  end
end

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On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 6:08 AM, John Feminella 
<johnf@bitsbuilder.com>wrote:

>    Geocoding.warn_if_not_received(:client).and_return(@geocoding_client)
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Why would you want a warn? I can't get my head around this.

On Sep 7, 2011, at 7:08 AM, John Feminella wrote:

>    Geocoding.warn_if_not_received(:client).and_return(@geocoding_client)
>  end
> end

There's no support for this in rspec-mocks. You can do the following, 
but I would not recommend it:

before do
  @geocoding_received_client = false
  Geocoding.stub(:client) do
    @geocoding_received_client = true
    @geocoding_client
  end
end

after do
  warn "Geocoding did not receive :client" unless 
@@geocoding_received_client
end

Cheers,
David