# Rspec issues **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [October 31, 2008, 8:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-issues/152202 "2008-10-31T08:41:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 8:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-issues/152202/1 "2008-10-31T08:41:10Z")
Hi, i’ve started using rspec for this project (latest versions: rspec 1.1.9 and rspec-rails 1.1.9), and i stumbled upon the following problems: - render\_template: response.should render\_template(‘new’) i get the following fail expected “new”, got “/Users/elise/Rails/myapp/app/views/user/profiles/ new.html.erb” So it expects the full path. That can’t be right ? - should be: doesn’t give me the result i expect for two strings that are equal. assigns[‘page’].menu.should be(“home alone”) gives me expected “home alone”, got “home alone” - mocking (ok, i’m using mocha, so maybe it isn’t rspec): i make a mailer raise an error like this: DummyMailer.stubs(:deliver\_invitation).raises(Exception) and in my code, surround this with begin … rescue, the exception is not caught ! Any tips ? Thanks ! Elise ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-issues/152202/2 "2008-10-31T10:06:47Z")
Hi Elise, 2008/10/31 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > - mocking (ok, i’m using mocha, so maybe it isn’t rspec): i make a > mailer raise an error like this: > DummyMailer.stubs(:deliver\_invitation).raises(Exception) > and in my code, surround this with begin … rescue, the exception is > not caught ! a) Are you sure deliver\_invitation is being called? b) Are you using just a default rescue clause? This will only rescue StandardError’s and descendants of StandardError. Exception is not a descendant of StandardError. I think Mocha raises a StandardError by default, so if you change your stubbing as follows, a default rescue clause will work… DummyMailer.stubs(:deliver\_invitation).raises If you are still seeing unexpected behaviour, come over to the Mocha mailing list [1] and we’ll see if we can help. – James. > **[James Mead](https://jamesmead.org/)** > > Ruby Developer, author of Mocha, and ex-Antarctic Hero. [1] [http://groups.google.com/group/mocha-developer](http://groups.google.com/group/mocha-developer) ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 10:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-issues/152202/3 "2008-10-31T10:44:59Z")
> - render\_template: > response.should render\_template(‘new’) > i get the following fail > expected “new”, got “/Users/elise/Rails/myapp/app/views/user/profiles/ > new.html.erb” > So it expects the full path. That can’t be right ? nope, it expects new and gets the full path instead. what’s your render command? > - should be: doesn’t give me the result i expect for two strings that > are equal. > assigns[‘page’].menu.should be(“home alone”) > gives me > expected “home alone”, got “home alone” Typical ruby thing. “should be” tests for the two strings are an identical string object (one and the same thingy in memory) use: assigns[‘page’].menu.should eql(“home alone”) ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-issues/152202/4 "2008-11-02T14:20:06Z")
> > expected “new”, got “/Users/elise/Rails/myapp/app/views/user/profiles/ > > new.html.erb” > > So it expects the full path. That can’t be right ? > > nope, it expects new and gets the full path instead. > what’s your render command? > render :action =\> :new > Typical ruby thing. “should be” tests for the two > strings are an identical string object (one and the same thingy in > memory) > use: > assigns[‘page’].menu.should eql(“home alone”) > OK, thanks Elise ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-issues/152202/5 "2008-11-02T14:22:28Z")
b) makes sense, though it is surprising: I mean developer-defined errors are usually Exceptions, and should be caught too, no ? I need to pick up my ruby book again. Elise ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-issues/152202/6 "2008-11-02T14:37:06Z")
b) makes sense, though it is surprising: I mean developer-defined errors are usually Exceptions, and should be caught too, no ? I need to pick up my ruby book again. Elise ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-issues/152202/7 "2008-11-02T15:48:32Z")
2008/11/2 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > b) makes sense, though it is surprising: I mean developer-defined > errors are usually Exceptions, and should be caught too, no ? I need > to pick up my ruby book again. It’s a common developer mistake to derive new exception classes from Exception, rather than StandardError. Such exception classes will not be rescued by a default rescue clause. – James. > **[James Mead](https://jamesmead.org/)** > > Ruby Developer, author of Mocha, and ex-Antarctic Hero.