Rails - Mar 2007 - Test::Unit::TestCase#test => What's this method for?

Hi all

I found on this page a neat function that allows to write more semantic
test method names:

http://blog.jayfields.com/2006/12/rails-activerecord-unit-testing.html

With it one can create tests instead of

def test_add_should_do_this_or_that
  # ...
end

the following way:

test "add should do this or that" do
  # ...
end

It enhances the Test::Unit::TestCase class. So far, so good.

Now one time I''ve forgotten to include this new definition. When
running
my tests I got the error

test/unit/country_test.rb:8:in `test'': wrong number of arguments (1 for
2) (ArgumentError)

This tells me that there already *is* some sort of test function! I
couldn''t find any specification about this method, so I fear that maybe
I overwrite an important method by including the script above!

Anyone can tell me more about this issue? Thanks a lot.
Josh

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Joshua Muheim wrote:
> I found on this page a neat function that allows to write more semantic
> test method names:
>
> http://blog.jayfields.com/2006/12/rails-activerecord-unit-testing.html
You might want (IIRC) Behavior Driven Development. That''s a re-skinning
of
Test-Driven Development, using systems that easily generate Domain Specific 
Languages.

The market leader there is RSpec, so look that up.

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