Rails - Mar 2006 - These objects aren''t equal..I''m confused

I''m testing to see if two objects are equal.  One is accessed directly
from the fixture, and the other is accessed through a relationship. 
Here''s the test:

def test_hero
    assert_equal players(:hero), hands(:first).hero
end

Anyway, the values are exactly the same as far as I can tell.  The
only difference is the object id, but Ruby compares the values, right?
 This just stopped working when I added another db field to the Hand
class, but that shouldn''t affect this I''d think..any ideas?


  1) Failure:
test_hero(HandTest) [test/unit/hand_test.rb:34]:
<#<Player:0x2208b24
 @attributes  {"card1"=>"Kh",
   "card2"=>"Qd",
   "hero"=>true,
   "hand_id"=>1,
   "seat"=>3,
   "id"=>3,
   "range"=>nil,
   "chips"=>2500}>> expected but was
<#<Player:0x2207d14
 @attributes  {"card1"=>"Kh",
   "card2"=>"Qd",
   "hero"=>true,
   "hand_id"=>1,
   "seat"=>3,
   "id"=>3,
   "range"=>nil,
   "chips"=>2500}>>.

Just test the object.id, which will tell you what you want to know.

I just checked AWDR, and it appears they always use attributes with
assert equal.

-- 
-- Tom Mornini

On Mar 20, 2006, at 7:45 PM, Pat Maddox wrote:
> I''m testing to see if two objects are equal.  One is accessed
directly
> from the fixture, and the other is accessed through a relationship.
> Here''s the test:
>
> def test_hero
>     assert_equal players(:hero), hands(:first).hero
> end
>
> Anyway, the values are exactly the same as far as I can tell.  The
> only difference is the object id, but Ruby compares the values, right?
>  This just stopped working when I added another db field to the Hand
> class, but that shouldn''t affect this I''d think..any
ideas?
>
>
>   1) Failure:
> test_hero(HandTest) [test/unit/hand_test.rb:34]:
> <#<Player:0x2208b24
>  @attributes>   {"card1"=>"Kh",
>    "card2"=>"Qd",
>    "hero"=>true,
>    "hand_id"=>1,
>    "seat"=>3,
>    "id"=>3,
>    "range"=>nil,
>    "chips"=>2500}>> expected but was
> <#<Player:0x2207d14
>  @attributes>   {"card1"=>"Kh",
>    "card2"=>"Qd",
>    "hero"=>true,
>    "hand_id"=>1,
>    "seat"=>3,
>    "id"=>3,
>    "range"=>nil,
>    "chips"=>2500}>>.
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On 3/21/06, Tom Mornini <tmornini@infomania.com>
wrote:
> Just test the object.id, which will tell you what you want to know.
Are you sure that''s appropriate for a test case?  I personally want
more checking than that.

-- James