rspec users - Apr 2011 - [rspec-rails] reload of objects in tests

hi,

I am kind of confused, why this code is behaving the way it does.
In a test, I wrote something like this:

it "should do something" do
  @some = Factory(:some)
  initial_object = @some

  #do something with @some. e.g. update attributes etc.
  @some.reload
  @some.should_not == initial_object
end


Whenever I call reload on the object, the initial_object is set to
object again.
I don''t understand why a reload on @some is also updating
initial_object.
Can someone explain this to me please?

Hi,

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 19:25, Clint <simon.krollpfeifer at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I am kind of confused, why this code is behaving the way it does.
> In a test, I wrote something like this:
>
> it "should do something" do
> ?@some = Factory(:some)
> ?initial_object = @some
>
> ?#do something with @some. e.g. update attributes etc.
> ?@some.reload
> ?@some.should_not == initial_object
> end
>
> Whenever I call reload on the object, the initial_object is set to
> object again.
> I don''t understand why a reload on @some is also updating
> initial_object.
> Can someone explain this to me please?
It''s because @some and initial_object both point to the same instance
of an object. If you had:

  initial_object = @some.clone

then initial_object and @some will point to separate instances.

HTH,
Mike