rspec users - Jul 2007 - Dealing with nested/namespaced classes w/ describe

Hi all,

Just wondering about this:  I''ve been dealing with classes/modules  
nested in several layers of namespaces.  Here would be an example of  
a describe block:

describe ClassOne::ClassTwo::ClassThree, "description here" do
...
end

What would be the easiest way to write something a little more terse,  
like:

describe ClassThree, "description here" do
...
end

If this has come up before, just tell me to google.

Thanks for your time,

Scott Taylor

Scott Taylor wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just wondering about this:  I''ve been dealing with classes/modules
> nested in several layers of namespaces.  Here would be an example of  
> a describe block:
> 
> describe ClassOne::ClassTwo::ClassThree, "description here" do
> ...
> end
> 
> What would be the easiest way to write something a little more terse,  
> like:
> 
> describe ClassThree, "description here" do
> ...
> end
> 
> If this has come up before, just tell me to google.
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> Scott Taylor
You can put the descriptions inside of modules. AFAICT, this has no 
effect on how anything functions, it just lets you drop the namespacing 
ugliness from your code:

module SomeProject
   class SomeClass
   end
end

module SomeProject

describe SomeClass, "something or other" do
end

end

Kyle

Ah.  Thank you.  That is just a wonderful solution.  Much better than  
the solution of redefining a new constant.

Best,

Scott


On Jul 23, 2007, at 10:15 PM, Kyle Hargraves wrote:
> Scott Taylor wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just wondering about this:  I''ve been dealing with
classes/modules
>> nested in several layers of namespaces.  Here would be an example of
>> a describe block:
>>
>> describe ClassOne::ClassTwo::ClassThree, "description here"
do
>> ...
>> end
>>
>> What would be the easiest way to write something a little more terse,
>> like:
>>
>> describe ClassThree, "description here" do
>> ...
>> end
>>
>> If this has come up before, just tell me to google.
>>
>> Thanks for your time,
>>
>> Scott Taylor
>
> You can put the descriptions inside of modules. AFAICT, this has no
> effect on how anything functions, it just lets you drop the  
> namespacing
> ugliness from your code:
>
> module SomeProject
>    class SomeClass
>    end
> end
>
> module SomeProject
>
> describe SomeClass, "something or other" do
> end
>
> end
>
> Kyle
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