Rails - Feb 2008 - NoMethodError: nil object with Autotest/ZenTest

Hello,

I''m attempting to get started with ZenTest and Autotest, but I
haven''t
had any luck getting it to run even the simplest test so far.  I
created a fresh Rails app, made sure the latest ZenTest gem (3.9.1)
was installed, altered test_helper.rb and Rakefile as directed, and
tried to run "autotest -rails".

I have a database model called "things", and a single test of the
View, Unit and Functional type.  The View test includes only a test
for the "index" page.

When I run autotest, here''s the result:

C:\rails\funk>autotest -rails
loading autotest/rails
C:\ruby\bin\ruby -I.;lib;test -rtest/unit -e "%w[test/functional/
things_controll
er_test.rb test/views/thing_view_test.rb test/unit/thing_test.rb].each
{ |f| req
uire f }" | unit_diff -u
Loaded suite -e
Started
.E
Finished in 1.266 seconds.

  1) Error:
test_index(ThingViewTest):
NoMethodError: You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it!
You might have expected an instance of Array.
The error occurred while evaluating nil.split
    C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ZenTest-3.9.1/lib/test/rails.rb:
276:in `path2
class''
    C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ZenTest-3.9.1/lib/test/rails/
functional_test_
case.rb:28:in `setup_without_fixtures''
    C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/
active_record/fixtures
.rb:979:in `full_setup''

2 tests, 1 assertions, 0 failures, 1 errors


--

Does anyone know why this might be happening?  I get no errors when I
change my test_helper and Rakefile back to Test::Unit and run "rake".
But this happens with ZenTest and autotest.   I''d love to use them if
I can figure out what''s going on.

Thanks!
Jeff Coleman
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I''m having the same issue, just upgraded to rails 2.0.2 from 1.2.3 and
getting the same error:

NoMethodError: You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it!
You might have expected an instance of Array.
The error occurred while evaluating nil.split
    /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ZenTest-3.9.1/lib/test/rails.rb:276:in
`path2class''
    /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ZenTest-3.9.1/lib/test/rails/
functional_test_case.rb:28:in `setup_without_fixtures''
    /home/kenglish/workspace/first2/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/
active_record/fixtures.rb:979:in `full_setup''

On Feb 1, 8:20 pm, Jeff Coleman
<progressi...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I''m attempting to get started with ZenTest and Autotest, but I
haven''t
> had any luck getting it to run even the simplest test so far.  I
> created a fresh Rails app, made sure the latest ZenTest gem (3.9.1)
> was installed, altered test_helper.rb and Rakefile as directed, and
> tried to run "autotest -rails".
>
> I have a database model called "things", and a single test of the
> View, Unit and Functional type.  The View test includes only a test
> for the "index" page.
>
> When I run autotest, here''s the result:
>
> C:\rails\funk>autotest -rails
> loading autotest/rails
> C:\ruby\bin\ruby -I.;lib;test -rtest/unit -e "%w[test/functional/
> things_controll
> er_test.rb test/views/thing_view_test.rb test/unit/thing_test.rb].each
> { |f| req
> uire f }" | unit_diff -u
> Loaded suite -e
> Started
> .E
> Finished in 1.266 seconds.
>
>   1) Error:
> test_index(ThingViewTest):
> NoMethodError: You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it!
> You might have expected an instance of Array.
> The error occurred while evaluating nil.split
>     C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ZenTest-3.9.1/lib/test/rails.rb:
> 276:in `path2
> class''
>     C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ZenTest-3.9.1/lib/test/rails/
> functional_test_
> case.rb:28:in `setup_without_fixtures''
>     C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/
> active_record/fixtures
> .rb:979:in `full_setup''
>
> 2 tests, 1 assertions, 0 failures, 1 errors
>
> --
>
> Does anyone know why this might be happening?  I get no errors when I
> change my test_helper and Rakefile back to Test::Unit and run
"rake".
> But this happens with ZenTest and autotest.   I''d love to use them
if
> I can figure out what''s going on.
>
> Thanks!
> Jeff Coleman
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