Rails - Apr 2006 - Tests creating output?

Hi everyone,

I have this code in Person.rb:

  def hashed_password(password)
    require ''digest/sha1''
    require ''base64''
    new_password = Digest::SHA1.new
    new_password << password
    new_password = "{SHA}" <<
Base64.b64encode(new_password.digest).chop
  end

And here''s my test:

  def test_hashed_passwords_should_be_LDAP_compliant
    new_hashed_password = ''{SHA}blahblahblah=''
    new_password =
people(:staff1_person).hashed_password(''password'')
    assert_equal new_password, new_hashed_password
  end

When I run the test, it passes, but it outputs the hash somewhere in
hashed_password:

$ ruby test/unit/person_test.rb
Loaded suite test/unit/person_test
Started
blahblahblah...
Finished in 0.340915 seconds.

3 tests, 20 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors
$

Why is that happening?

Thanks,

Sean