Forum: RSpec why is 'get :index, :page => 2' different from 'get :index, :page => "2"'

Hi,

After coding my app and enjoying a green wave of tests, I had horrible
feedback about some bugs.

Those bugs happened to some well tested parts of my app.

After some research, I found out that

get :index, :page => 2, :per_page => 5

is different from:

get :index, :page => "2", :per_page => "5"

So I simply missed some 'to_i' in my controller.

I thought, the 'get' parameters would have been stringified, like it
is in a standard request.

Why is it not the case?

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 5:45 PM, apneadiving 
<apnea.diving.deep@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> is different from:
>
> get :index, :page => "2", :per_page => "5"
>
> So I simply missed some 'to_i' in my controller.
>
> I thought, the 'get' parameters would have been stringified, like it
> is in a standard request.

That's what I thought too!

https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/1203

>
> Why is it not the case?

It is, depending on what version of Rails you're using. Don't remember
which version included my patch(es), but I *think* it was 3.1.

HTH,
David

On Jan 6, 12:55am, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > get :index, :page => 2, :per_page => 5
> That's what I thought too!
> HTH,
> David
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You definitely rock.

Thanks a bunch for this neat & quick answer :)