rspec users - Oct 2006 - subject.should_be true

As things stand now, the following will all pass:

true.should_be true
"true".should_be true
"false".should_be true
3.should_be true
etc

My feeling is that "should_be true" should only pass if it returns
boolean true even though ruby says that non-nil/non-false is true.

Anybody else?

David

If :should_be is intended to be used with :foo? methods, it seems like
it should only accept booleans.  Besides, :should_equal will still be
consistent with Ruby''s equality semantics, right?  So you''d
have the
option of using either:

3.should_equal true #=> true
3.should_be true #=> false

In the first case, you''re being consistent with Ruby, but in the
second, you''re not only saying that something should evaluate to true,
you''re actually saying "this should *be* true."

-Sam


On 10/15/06, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com>
wrote:
> As things stand now, the following will all pass:
>
> true.should_be true
> "true".should_be true
> "false".should_be true
> 3.should_be true
> etc
>
> My feeling is that "should_be true" should only pass if it
returns
> boolean true even though ruby says that non-nil/non-false is true.
>
> Anybody else?
>
> David
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On 10/16/06, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com>
wrote:
> As things stand now, the following will all pass:
>
> true.should_be true
> "true".should_be true
> "false".should_be true
> 3.should_be true
> etc
>
> My feeling is that "should_be true" should only pass if it
returns
> boolean true even though ruby says that non-nil/non-false is true.
>
The old discussion about this topic is here:
http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rspec-devel/2006-June/thread.html#228
(The "5.should.be true" thread)

I recommend reading it.
> Anybody else?
>
> David
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