Mock a %x call

Ruby
1

Hi,

Is it possible to mock such method call?

I tried: Kernel.expects(:’%x’).returns(‘whatever’).

But I get the following error:
SyntaxError: compile error
/usr/local/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mocha-0.9.5/lib/mocha/class_method.rb:40:
syntax error, unexpected ‘(’, expecting ‘\n’ or ‘;’
def %x(*args, &block); mocha.method_missing(:%x, *args, &block); end

2

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Fernando P. [email protected]
wrote:

def %x(*args, &block); mocha.method_missing(:%x, *args, &block); end
The various % constructs in ruby are handled by the parser and,
therefore, cannot be mocked using method stubbing employed by mocha,
rspec mocks, et al.

Blessings,
TwP

3

Hi,

At Tue, 19 May 2009 23:07:58 +0900,
Fernando P. wrote in [ruby-talk:336901]:

I tried: Kernel.expects(:’%x’).returns(‘whatever’).

But I get the following error:
SyntaxError: compile error
/usr/local/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mocha-0.9.5/lib/mocha/class_method.rb:40:
syntax error, unexpected ‘(’, expecting ‘\n’ or ‘;’
def %x(*args, &block); mocha.method_missing(:%x, *args, &block); end

Maybe, expects(:`)?