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s.ross

2007-Jan-09 23:59 UTC

[rspec-users] Date Approximation in Specs

The floating-point expectations allow for an error tolerance. Is  
there any similar facility for dates? For example, say I have a  
custom class that handles date/time spans and I want to spec it:

context "A DateRange span" do
   specify "should know when a week ago is :)" do
     d = DateRange.new
     d.last_week.should_be_close_to(1.week.ago, 24*60*60)
   end
end

The idea of should_be_close_to is to provide a tolerance. My class  
only is required to be accurate to the same day, and I want to  
express that in terms of "close_to" uncertainty. Is there a great  
baked-in way I''m missing?

I have code to do this in Test::Unit that I could port over if need  
be but I''d rather not if something better already exists.

Thanks,

Steve

David Chelimsky

2007-Jan-10 00:45 UTC

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On 1/9/07, s.ross <cwdinfo at gmail.com> wrote:> The floating-point expectations allow for an error tolerance. Is
> there any similar facility for dates? For example, say I have a
> custom class that handles date/time spans and I want to spec it:
>
> context "A DateRange span" do
>    specify "should know when a week ago is :)" do
>      d = DateRange.new
>      d.last_week.should_be_close_to(1.week.ago, 24*60*60)
>    end
> end
>
> The idea of should_be_close_to is to provide a tolerance. My class
> only is required to be accurate to the same day, and I want to
> express that in terms of "close_to" uncertainty. Is there a great
> baked-in way I''m missing?
>
> I have code to do this in Test::Unit that I could port over if need
> be but I''d rather not if something better already exists.
Doesn''t exist yet. Feel free to add a feature request:

http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?group_id=797
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>

David Chelimsky

2007-Jan-10 04:26 UTC

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On 1/9/07, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com>
wrote:> On 1/9/07, s.ross <cwdinfo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The floating-point expectations allow for an error tolerance. Is
> > there any similar facility for dates? For example, say I have a
> > custom class that handles date/time spans and I want to spec it:
> >
> > context "A DateRange span" do
> >    specify "should know when a week ago is :)" do
> >      d = DateRange.new
> >      d.last_week.should_be_close_to(1.week.ago, 24*60*60)
> >    end
> > end
> >
> > The idea of should_be_close_to is to provide a tolerance. My class
> > only is required to be accurate to the same day, and I want to
> > express that in terms of "close_to" uncertainty. Is there a
great
> > baked-in way I''m missing?
> >
> > I have code to do this in Test::Unit that I could port over if need
> > be but I''d rather not if something better already exists.
>
> Doesn''t exist yet. Feel free to add a feature request:
>
> http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?group_id=797
Hey Steve - I just committed a small enhancement to rspec core that is
intended to pave the way for custom expectations. Are you working w/
0.7.5 or the trunk? If you''re working w/ trunk, grab the latest trunk
and do this:

module DateExpectations
  class BeCloseTo
    def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
      @target_date = target_date
      @tolerance = tolerance
    end

    def met_by?(target)
      #return true if target is a date
      #that meets the expectation
    end

    def failure_message
      #return an appropriate failure message
    end
  end

  def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
    return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
  end
end

context "My package" do
  include DateExpectations
  specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after my order" do
    delivery_date.should be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days => 2)
  end
end

This is only experimental today, but will very likely become the entry
way for custom expectations. Let me know how it works out for you.

Cheers,
David
>
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Steve
> > _______________________________________________
> > rspec-users mailing list
> > rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
> >
>

s.ross

2007-Jan-10 07:26 UTC

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I''m running 0.7.5. I guess I should learn how to install rspec from  
svn, huh? Basically, each time I change my version of rspec, I have  
to dive into 5 or 6 projects to update their Rails plugins and so  
on... Any shortcuts you use when doing this?

Thanks for doing this so quickly!

Steve

On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:26 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:
> On 1/9/07, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 1/9/07, s.ross <cwdinfo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The floating-point expectations allow for an error tolerance. Is
>>> there any similar facility for dates? For example, say I have a
>>> custom class that handles date/time spans and I want to spec it:
>>>
>>> context "A DateRange span" do
>>>    specify "should know when a week ago is :)" do
>>>      d = DateRange.new
>>>      d.last_week.should_be_close_to(1.week.ago, 24*60*60)
>>>    end
>>> end
>>>
>>> The idea of should_be_close_to is to provide a tolerance. My class
>>> only is required to be accurate to the same day, and I want to
>>> express that in terms of "close_to" uncertainty. Is there
a great
>>> baked-in way I''m missing?
>>>
>>> I have code to do this in Test::Unit that I could port over if need
>>> be but I''d rather not if something better already exists.
>>
>> Doesn''t exist yet. Feel free to add a feature request:
>>
>> http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?group_id=797
>
> Hey Steve - I just committed a small enhancement to rspec core that is
> intended to pave the way for custom expectations. Are you working w/
> 0.7.5 or the trunk? If you''re working w/ trunk, grab the latest
trunk
> and do this:
>
> module DateExpectations
>   class BeCloseTo
>     def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
>       @target_date = target_date
>       @tolerance = tolerance
>     end
>
>     def met_by?(target)
>       #return true if target is a date
>       #that meets the expectation
>     end
>
>     def failure_message
>       #return an appropriate failure message
>     end
>   end
>
>   def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
>     return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
>   end
> end
>
> context "My package" do
>   include DateExpectations
>   specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after my
order" do
>     delivery_date.should be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days => 2)
>   end
> end
>
> This is only experimental today, but will very likely become the entry
> way for custom expectations. Let me know how it works out for you.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Steve
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> rspec-users mailing list
>>> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users

s.ross

2007-Jan-10 19:01 UTC

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I upgraded to trunk and changed the code as follows:

module DateExpectations
     HOUR_TOLERANCE = 60 * 60
     DAY_TOLERANCE = HOUR_TOLERANCE * 24
     WEEK_TOLERANCE = DAY_TOLERANCE * 7

   class BeCloseTo
     def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
       @target_date = Time.parse(target_date)
       @tolerance = tolerance
     end

     def met_by?(target)
       compare_date = target - @target_date
       adjustment = @tolerance.inject do |item|
           case item
           when :days
               adjustment += DAY_TOLERANCE
           when :weeks
               adjustment += WEEK_TOLERANCE
           end
       end
       return true if compare_date.abs < adjustment
     end

     def failure_message
       return "#{@target_date} does not fall within tolerance."  # s/ 
b better
     end
   end

   def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
     return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
   end
end

context "My package" do
   include DateExpectations
   specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after my order"
do
     1.day.ago.should_be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days => 2)   # <-
line 40
   end
end

The result is:

1)
NoMethodError in ''My package should be delivered no later than 2 days  
after my order''
undefined method `close_to?'' for Tue Jan 09 10:59:31 -0800 2007:Time
./spec/helpers/date_range_spec.rb:40:


Any thoughts as to why? (Note: You had written the expectation in  
your sample as:
"should<space>be_close_to" -- was that intentional?).

Steve


On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:26 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:
> module DateExpectations
>   class BeCloseTo
>     def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
>       @target_date = target_date
>       @tolerance = tolerance
>     end
>
>     def met_by?(target)
>       #return true if target is a date
>       #that meets the expectation
>     end
>
>     def failure_message
>       #return an appropriate failure message
>     end
>   end
>
>   def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
>     return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
>   end
> end
>
> context "My package" do
>   include DateExpectations
>   specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after my
order" do
>     delivery_date.should be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days => 2)
>   end
> end

David Chelimsky

2007-Jan-10 19:22 UTC

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On 1/10/07, s.ross <cwdinfo at gmail.com> wrote:> I upgraded to trunk and changed the code as follows:
>
> module DateExpectations
>      HOUR_TOLERANCE = 60 * 60
>      DAY_TOLERANCE = HOUR_TOLERANCE * 24
>      WEEK_TOLERANCE = DAY_TOLERANCE * 7
>
>    class BeCloseTo
>      def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
>        @target_date = Time.parse(target_date)
>        @tolerance = tolerance
>      end
>
>      def met_by?(target)
>        compare_date = target - @target_date
>        adjustment = @tolerance.inject do |item|
>            case item
>            when :days
>                adjustment += DAY_TOLERANCE
>            when :weeks
>                adjustment += WEEK_TOLERANCE
>            end
>        end
>        return true if compare_date.abs < adjustment
>      end
>
>      def failure_message
>        return "#{@target_date} does not fall within tolerance." 
# s/
> b better
>      end
>    end
>
>    def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
>      return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
>    end
> end
>
> context "My package" do
>    include DateExpectations
>    specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after my
order" do
>      1.day.ago.should_be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days => 2)   #
<- line 40
>    end
> end
>
> The result is:
>
> 1)
> NoMethodError in ''My package should be delivered no later than 2
days
> after my order''
> undefined method `close_to?'' for Tue Jan 09 10:59:31 -0800
2007:Time
> ./spec/helpers/date_range_spec.rb:40:
>
>
> Any thoughts as to why? (Note: You had written the expectation in
> your sample as:
> "should<space>be_close_to" -- was that intentional?).
Yes!!!! That''s the whole point. ;)

should be_close_to

and your method should be named be_close_to

Let me know how it works out.

Thanks for giving this a shot - you''re the guinea pig!

David
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:26 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:
>
> > module DateExpectations
> >   class BeCloseTo
> >     def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
> >       @target_date = target_date
> >       @tolerance = tolerance
> >     end
> >
> >     def met_by?(target)
> >       #return true if target is a date
> >       #that meets the expectation
> >     end
> >
> >     def failure_message
> >       #return an appropriate failure message
> >     end
> >   end
> >
> >   def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
> >     return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
> >   end
> > end
> >
> > context "My package" do
> >   include DateExpectations
> >   specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after my
order" do
> >     delivery_date.should be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days =>
2)
> >   end
> > end
>
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>

David Chelimsky

2007-Jan-10 19:28 UTC

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On 1/10/07, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com>
wrote:> On 1/10/07, s.ross <cwdinfo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I upgraded to trunk and changed the code as follows:
> >
> > module DateExpectations
> >      HOUR_TOLERANCE = 60 * 60
> >      DAY_TOLERANCE = HOUR_TOLERANCE * 24
> >      WEEK_TOLERANCE = DAY_TOLERANCE * 7
> >
> >    class BeCloseTo
> >      def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
> >        @target_date = Time.parse(target_date)
> >        @tolerance = tolerance
> >      end
> >
> >      def met_by?(target)
> >        compare_date = target - @target_date
> >        adjustment = @tolerance.inject do |item|
> >            case item
> >            when :days
> >                adjustment += DAY_TOLERANCE
> >            when :weeks
> >                adjustment += WEEK_TOLERANCE
> >            end
> >        end
> >        return true if compare_date.abs < adjustment
> >      end
> >
> >      def failure_message
> >        return "#{@target_date} does not fall within
tolerance."  # s/
> > b better
> >      end
> >    end
> >
> >    def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
> >      return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
> >    end
> > end
> >
> > context "My package" do
> >    include DateExpectations
> >    specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after my
order" do
> >      1.day.ago.should_be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days => 2)
# <- line 40
> >    end
> > end
> >
> > The result is:
> >
> > 1)
> > NoMethodError in ''My package should be delivered no later
than 2 days
> > after my order''
> > undefined method `close_to?'' for Tue Jan 09 10:59:31 -0800
2007:Time
> > ./spec/helpers/date_range_spec.rb:40:
> >
> >
> > Any thoughts as to why? (Note: You had written the expectation in
> > your sample as:
> > "should<space>be_close_to" -- was that intentional?).
>
> Yes!!!! That''s the whole point. ;)
I should clarify that a bit. The idea is to decouple expectations from
Object so that we can more easily write, maintain and extend them
while simultaneously minimizing the risk of other frameworks (like
rails) screwing w/ our use of method missing.

If you look at the initialize method in should.rb, it now takes an
optional expectation argument. If it gets one, it processes it. What
you are writing is an expectation that gets passed to should, which
then passes the target to the expectation for verification.

Make sense?

David
>
> should be_close_to
>
> and your method should be named be_close_to
>
> Let me know how it works out.
>
> Thanks for giving this a shot - you''re the guinea pig!
>
> David
>
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> > On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:26 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:
> >
> > > module DateExpectations
> > >   class BeCloseTo
> > >     def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
> > >       @target_date = target_date
> > >       @tolerance = tolerance
> > >     end
> > >
> > >     def met_by?(target)
> > >       #return true if target is a date
> > >       #that meets the expectation
> > >     end
> > >
> > >     def failure_message
> > >       #return an appropriate failure message
> > >     end
> > >   end
> > >
> > >   def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
> > >     return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
> > >   end
> > > end
> > >
> > > context "My package" do
> > >   include DateExpectations
> > >   specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after my
order" do
> > >     delivery_date.should be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days
=> 2)
> > >   end
> > > end
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > rspec-users mailing list
> > rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
> >
>

David Chelimsky

2007-Jan-10 19:40 UTC

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On 1/10/07, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com>
wrote:> On 1/10/07, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 1/10/07, s.ross <cwdinfo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I upgraded to trunk and changed the code as follows:
> > >
> > > module DateExpectations
> > >      HOUR_TOLERANCE = 60 * 60
> > >      DAY_TOLERANCE = HOUR_TOLERANCE * 24
> > >      WEEK_TOLERANCE = DAY_TOLERANCE * 7
> > >
> > >    class BeCloseTo
> > >      def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
> > >        @target_date = Time.parse(target_date)
> > >        @tolerance = tolerance
> > >      end
> > >
> > >      def met_by?(target)
> > >        compare_date = target - @target_date
> > >        adjustment = @tolerance.inject do |item|
> > >            case item
> > >            when :days
> > >                adjustment += DAY_TOLERANCE
> > >            when :weeks
> > >                adjustment += WEEK_TOLERANCE
> > >            end
> > >        end
> > >        return true if compare_date.abs < adjustment
> > >      end
> > >
> > >      def failure_message
> > >        return "#{@target_date} does not fall within
tolerance."  # s/
> > > b better
> > >      end
> > >    end
> > >
> > >    def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
> > >      return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
> > >    end
> > > end
> > >
> > > context "My package" do
> > >    include DateExpectations
> > >    specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after
my order" do
> > >      1.day.ago.should_be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days
=> 2)   # <- line 40
> > >    end
> > > end
> > >
> > > The result is:
> > >
> > > 1)
> > > NoMethodError in ''My package should be delivered no
later than 2 days
> > > after my order''
> > > undefined method `close_to?'' for Tue Jan 09 10:59:31
-0800 2007:Time
> > > ./spec/helpers/date_range_spec.rb:40:
> > >
> > >
> > > Any thoughts as to why? (Note: You had written the expectation in
> > > your sample as:
> > > "should<space>be_close_to" -- was that
intentional?).
> >
> > Yes!!!! That''s the whole point. ;)
>
> I should clarify that a bit. The idea is to decouple expectations from
> Object so that we can more easily write, maintain and extend them
> while simultaneously minimizing the risk of other frameworks (like
> rails) screwing w/ our use of method missing.
>
> If you look at the initialize method in should.rb, it now takes an
> optional expectation argument. If it gets one, it processes it. What
> you are writing is an expectation that gets passed to should, which
> then passes the target to the expectation for verification.
>
> Make sense?
I blogged about this here:
http://blog.davidchelimsky.net/articles/2007/01/10/rspec-should-use_a_little_less_magic

Comments welcome and appreciated.

Thanks,
David

>
> David
>
> >
> > should be_close_to
> >
> > and your method should be named be_close_to
> >
> > Let me know how it works out.
> >
> > Thanks for giving this a shot - you''re the guinea pig!
> >
> > David
> >
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:26 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:
> > >
> > > > module DateExpectations
> > > >   class BeCloseTo
> > > >     def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
> > > >       @target_date = target_date
> > > >       @tolerance = tolerance
> > > >     end
> > > >
> > > >     def met_by?(target)
> > > >       #return true if target is a date
> > > >       #that meets the expectation
> > > >     end
> > > >
> > > >     def failure_message
> > > >       #return an appropriate failure message
> > > >     end
> > > >   end
> > > >
> > > >   def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
> > > >     return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
> > > >   end
> > > > end
> > > >
> > > > context "My package" do
> > > >   include DateExpectations
> > > >   specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days
after my order" do
> > > >     delivery_date.should be_close_to("1/9/2007",
:days => 2)
> > > >   end
> > > > end
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > rspec-users mailing list
> > > rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
> > >
> >
>

s.ross

2007-Jan-11 07:18 UTC

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My net connection''s gone spotty over the last couple of days, but I  
wanted to follow up and tell you that your new code works great.  
Here''s just a proof of concept implementation (complete with hard  
coding!):

module DateExpectations
     HOUR_TOLERANCE = 60 * 60
     DAY_TOLERANCE = HOUR_TOLERANCE * 24
     WEEK_TOLERANCE = DAY_TOLERANCE * 7

   class BeCloseTo
     def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
       @target_date = Time.parse(target_date)
       @tolerance = tolerance
     end

     def met_by?(target)
       @compare_date = target
       compare_span = target - @target_date
       adjustment = 0
       @tolerance.each do |key, amount|
           case key
           when :hours
               adjustment += HOUR_TOLERANCE * amount
           when :days
               adjustment += DAY_TOLERANCE * amount
           when :weeks
               adjustment += WEEK_TOLERANCE * amount
           end
       end
       return true if compare_span.abs < adjustment
     end

     def failure_message
       return "#{@target_date} does not fall within tolerance (# 
{@tolerance.collect{|k,v| "#{k.to_s} => #{v}"}.join(",
")}) from #
{@compare_date}."
     end
   end

   def be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
     return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
   end
end

context "The DateRange helper" do
   include DateExpectations
   specify "should be able to approximate within two days" do
     1.day.ago.should be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days => 2)
   end
end


On Jan 10, 2007, at 11:22 AM, David Chelimsky wrote:
> On 1/10/07, s.ross <cwdinfo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I upgraded to trunk and changed the code as follows:
>>
>> module DateExpectations
>>      HOUR_TOLERANCE = 60 * 60
>>      DAY_TOLERANCE = HOUR_TOLERANCE * 24
>>      WEEK_TOLERANCE = DAY_TOLERANCE * 7
>>
>>    class BeCloseTo
>>      def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
>>        @target_date = Time.parse(target_date)
>>        @tolerance = tolerance
>>      end
>>
>>      def met_by?(target)
>>        compare_date = target - @target_date
>>        adjustment = @tolerance.inject do |item|
>>            case item
>>            when :days
>>                adjustment += DAY_TOLERANCE
>>            when :weeks
>>                adjustment += WEEK_TOLERANCE
>>            end
>>        end
>>        return true if compare_date.abs < adjustment
>>      end
>>
>>      def failure_message
>>        return "#{@target_date} does not fall within
tolerance."  # s/
>> b better
>>      end
>>    end
>>
>>    def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
>>      return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
>>    end
>> end
>>
>> context "My package" do
>>    include DateExpectations
>>    specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after my  
>> order" do
>>      1.day.ago.should_be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days => 2) 
# <-
>> line 40
>>    end
>> end
>>
>> The result is:
>>
>> 1)
>> NoMethodError in ''My package should be delivered no later than
2 days
>> after my order''
>> undefined method `close_to?'' for Tue Jan 09 10:59:31 -0800
2007:Time
>> ./spec/helpers/date_range_spec.rb:40:
>>
>>
>> Any thoughts as to why? (Note: You had written the expectation in
>> your sample as:
>> "should<space>be_close_to" -- was that intentional?).
>
> Yes!!!! That''s the whole point. ;)
>
> should be_close_to
>
> and your method should be named be_close_to
>
> Let me know how it works out.
>
> Thanks for giving this a shot - you''re the guinea pig!
>
> David
>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:26 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:
>>
>>> module DateExpectations
>>>   class BeCloseTo
>>>     def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
>>>       @target_date = target_date
>>>       @tolerance = tolerance
>>>     end
>>>
>>>     def met_by?(target)
>>>       #return true if target is a date
>>>       #that meets the expectation
>>>     end
>>>
>>>     def failure_message
>>>       #return an appropriate failure message
>>>     end
>>>   end
>>>
>>>   def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
>>>     return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
>>>   end
>>> end
>>>
>>> context "My package" do
>>>   include DateExpectations
>>>   specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after my  
>>> order" do
>>>     delivery_date.should be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days
=> 2)
>>>   end
>>> end
>>
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David Chelimsky

2007-Jan-11 15:44 UTC

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On 1/11/07, s.ross <cwdinfo at gmail.com> wrote:> My net connection''s gone spotty over the last couple of days, but
I
> wanted to follow up and tell you that your new code works great.
> Here''s just a proof of concept implementation (complete with hard
> coding!):
>
> module DateExpectations
>      HOUR_TOLERANCE = 60 * 60
>      DAY_TOLERANCE = HOUR_TOLERANCE * 24
>      WEEK_TOLERANCE = DAY_TOLERANCE * 7
>
>    class BeCloseTo
>      def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
>        @target_date = Time.parse(target_date)
>        @tolerance = tolerance
>      end
>
>      def met_by?(target)
>        @compare_date = target
>        compare_span = target - @target_date
>        adjustment = 0
>        @tolerance.each do |key, amount|
>            case key
>            when :hours
>                adjustment += HOUR_TOLERANCE * amount
>            when :days
>                adjustment += DAY_TOLERANCE * amount
>            when :weeks
>                adjustment += WEEK_TOLERANCE * amount
>            end
>        end
>        return true if compare_span.abs < adjustment
>      end
>
>      def failure_message
>        return "#{@target_date} does not fall within tolerance (#
> {@tolerance.collect{|k,v| "#{k.to_s} => #{v}"}.join(",
")}) from #
> {@compare_date}."
>      end
>    end
>
>    def be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
>      return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
>    end
> end
>
> context "The DateRange helper" do
>    include DateExpectations
>    specify "should be able to approximate within two days" do
>      1.day.ago.should be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days => 2)
>    end
> end
Great to hear it''s working for you.

I just committed support for negative expectations as well. You just
need to supply a negative_failure_message in addition to
failure_message. Then  you can say (given your extension):

3.days.ago.should_not be_close_to("1/10/2007", :days => 2)

I am totally psyched about this. In addition to opening the door to
custom expectations it seems to be leading towards a leaner
implementation in rspec.

Cheers,
David
>
>
> On Jan 10, 2007, at 11:22 AM, David Chelimsky wrote:
>
> > On 1/10/07, s.ross <cwdinfo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I upgraded to trunk and changed the code as follows:
> >>
> >> module DateExpectations
> >>      HOUR_TOLERANCE = 60 * 60
> >>      DAY_TOLERANCE = HOUR_TOLERANCE * 24
> >>      WEEK_TOLERANCE = DAY_TOLERANCE * 7
> >>
> >>    class BeCloseTo
> >>      def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
> >>        @target_date = Time.parse(target_date)
> >>        @tolerance = tolerance
> >>      end
> >>
> >>      def met_by?(target)
> >>        compare_date = target - @target_date
> >>        adjustment = @tolerance.inject do |item|
> >>            case item
> >>            when :days
> >>                adjustment += DAY_TOLERANCE
> >>            when :weeks
> >>                adjustment += WEEK_TOLERANCE
> >>            end
> >>        end
> >>        return true if compare_date.abs < adjustment
> >>      end
> >>
> >>      def failure_message
> >>        return "#{@target_date} does not fall within
tolerance."  # s/
> >> b better
> >>      end
> >>    end
> >>
> >>    def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
> >>      return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
> >>    end
> >> end
> >>
> >> context "My package" do
> >>    include DateExpectations
> >>    specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after my
> >> order" do
> >>      1.day.ago.should_be_close_to("1/9/2007", :days
=> 2)   # <-
> >> line 40
> >>    end
> >> end
> >>
> >> The result is:
> >>
> >> 1)
> >> NoMethodError in ''My package should be delivered no later
than 2 days
> >> after my order''
> >> undefined method `close_to?'' for Tue Jan 09 10:59:31
-0800 2007:Time
> >> ./spec/helpers/date_range_spec.rb:40:
> >>
> >>
> >> Any thoughts as to why? (Note: You had written the expectation in
> >> your sample as:
> >> "should<space>be_close_to" -- was that
intentional?).
> >
> > Yes!!!! That''s the whole point. ;)
> >
> > should be_close_to
> >
> > and your method should be named be_close_to
> >
> > Let me know how it works out.
> >
> > Thanks for giving this a shot - you''re the guinea pig!
> >
> > David
> >
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:26 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:
> >>
> >>> module DateExpectations
> >>>   class BeCloseTo
> >>>     def initialize(target_date, tolerance)
> >>>       @target_date = target_date
> >>>       @tolerance = tolerance
> >>>     end
> >>>
> >>>     def met_by?(target)
> >>>       #return true if target is a date
> >>>       #that meets the expectation
> >>>     end
> >>>
> >>>     def failure_message
> >>>       #return an appropriate failure message
> >>>     end
> >>>   end
> >>>
> >>>   def should_be_close_to(target_date, tolerance)
> >>>     return BeCloseTo.new(target_date, tolerance)
> >>>   end
> >>> end
> >>>
> >>> context "My package" do
> >>>   include DateExpectations
> >>>   specify "should be delivered no later than 2 days after
my
> >>> order" do
> >>>     delivery_date.should be_close_to("1/9/2007",
:days => 2)
> >>>   end
> >>> end
> >>
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> >> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
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