rspec users - Jul 2008 - Strange behaviour with pending specs and implementation_backtrace

Hi all,

I''m using my own OutputFormatter with /bin/spec to catch rspec results.
I''m experiencing strange behaviour with pending specs and
implementation_backtrace.
This is my example_pending implementation in rspactor_formatter.rb:

class RSpactorFormatter
  def example_pending(example, message)
    spec = SpecObject.new(
      :name               => example.description,
      :example_group_name => @example_group.description,
      :state              => :pending,
      :message            => message,
      :backtrace          => example.implementation_backtrace
    )        
    @remote_service.incoming(:spec_run_example_pending, spec)
  end
end


If my code contains a pending example in test_spec.rb like this:

it ''should be pending'' do
  pending
end

''example.implementation_backtrace'' contains the correct file
path.


If I change the implementation to:

it ''should be pending''

''example.implementation_backtrace'' doesn''t contain
the correct file path anymore. Instead the backtrace ends with my custom
formatter file ''rspactor_formatter.rb''.


Is this behaviour correct? Am I something missing?


bye

--
Andreas Wolff
DynamicDudes

Lightweight Ruby on Rails application development
http://dynamicdudes.com
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On Jul 8, 2008, at 3:59 AM, Andreas Wolff wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I''m using my own OutputFormatter with /bin/spec to catch rspec  
> results. I''m experiencing strange behaviour with pending specs and
> implementation_backtrace.
> This is my example_pending implementation in rspactor_formatter.rb:
>
> class RSpactorFormatter
>  def example_pending(example, message)
>    spec = SpecObject.new(
>      :name               => example.description,
>      :example_group_name => @example_group.description,
>      :state              => :pending,
>      :message            => message,
>      :backtrace          => example.implementation_backtrace
>    )
>    @remote_service.incoming(:spec_run_example_pending, spec)
>  end
> end
>
>
> If my code contains a pending example in test_spec.rb like this:
>
> it ''should be pending'' do
>  pending
> end
>
> ''example.implementation_backtrace'' contains the correct
file path.
>
>
> If I change the implementation to:
>
> it ''should be pending''
>
> ''example.implementation_backtrace'' doesn''t
contain the correct file
> path anymore. Instead the backtrace ends with my custom formatter  
> file ''rspactor_formatter.rb''.
>
>
> Is this behaviour correct? Am I something missing?
It''s a bug. RSpec doesn''t report backtraces of pending
examples so
this never came up.

Please report this to http://rspec.lighthouseapp.com

Cheers,
David
> bye
>
> --
> Andreas Wolff
> DynamicDudes
>
> Lightweight Ruby on Rails application development
> http://dynamicdudes.com
> hire: +49 151 58 54 78 50
>
> home: http://rubyphunk.com