rspec users - Aug 2007 - should_receive, used in the wrong place?

What do you guys think of this: if someone calls should_receive
outside of an "it" block, it warns you.

  before(:each) do
    @foo = Foo.new
    @foo.should_receive(:monkeys)
  end

would warn you that you''re setting an expectation in the wrong place,
and that "stub" is correct when setting up objects.

Opinions?


courtenay

what about template.should_receive(:current_user)?

I don''t know if that''s a bad idea to do that in the
before(:each) but
it''s more convenient..

On 8/17/07, Courtenay <court3nay at gmail.com>
wrote:
> What do you guys think of this: if someone calls should_receive
> outside of an "it" block, it warns you.
>
>   before(:each) do
>     @foo = Foo.new
>     @foo.should_receive(:monkeys)
>   end
>
> would warn you that you''re setting an expectation in the wrong
place,
> and that "stub" is correct when setting up objects.
>
> Opinions?
>
>
> courtenay
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That''s exactly my point; enforcing the difference between
should_receive vs stub!

On 8/17/07, Lance Carlson <lancecarlson at gmail.com>
wrote:
> what about template.should_receive(:current_user)?
>
> I don''t know if that''s a bad idea to do that in the
before(:each) but
> it''s more convenient..
>
> On 8/17/07, Courtenay <court3nay at gmail.com> wrote:
> > What do you guys think of this: if someone calls should_receive
> > outside of an "it" block, it warns you.
> >
> >   before(:each) do
> >     @foo = Foo.new
> >     @foo.should_receive(:monkeys)
> >   end
> >
> > would warn you that you''re setting an expectation in the
wrong place,
> > and that "stub" is correct when setting up objects.
> >
> > Opinions?
> >
> >
> > courtenay
> > _______________________________________________
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> > rspec-users at rubyforge.org
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I agree :)

On 8/17/07, Courtenay <court3nay at gmail.com>
wrote:
> That''s exactly my point; enforcing the difference between
> should_receive vs stub!
>
> On 8/17/07, Lance Carlson <lancecarlson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > what about template.should_receive(:current_user)?
> >
> > I don''t know if that''s a bad idea to do that in the
before(:each) but
> > it''s more convenient..
> >
> > On 8/17/07, Courtenay <court3nay at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > What do you guys think of this: if someone calls should_receive
> > > outside of an "it" block, it warns you.
> > >
> > >   before(:each) do
> > >     @foo = Foo.new
> > >     @foo.should_receive(:monkeys)
> > >   end
> > >
> > > would warn you that you''re setting an expectation in the
wrong place,
> > > and that "stub" is correct when setting up objects.
> > >
> > > Opinions?
> > >
> > >
> > > courtenay
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > rspec-users mailing list
> > > rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
> > >
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On 8/17/07, Courtenay <court3nay at gmail.com>
wrote:
> That''s exactly my point; enforcing the difference between
> should_receive vs stub!
Great convention, but I think making the tool enforce it is a bit restrictive.
> On 8/17/07, Lance Carlson <lancecarlson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > what about template.should_receive(:current_user)?
> >
> > I don''t know if that''s a bad idea to do that in the
before(:each) but
> > it''s more convenient..
> >
> > On 8/17/07, Courtenay <court3nay at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > What do you guys think of this: if someone calls should_receive
> > > outside of an "it" block, it warns you.
> > >
> > >   before(:each) do
> > >     @foo = Foo.new
> > >     @foo.should_receive(:monkeys)
> > >   end
> > >
> > > would warn you that you''re setting an expectation in the
wrong place,
> > > and that "stub" is correct when setting up objects.
> > >
> > > Opinions?
> > >
> > >
> > > courtenay
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > rspec-users mailing list
> > > rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
> > >
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