rspec users - May 2009 - Using "return" in rspec test

Hi,

I am still new to rspec and I wonder if anyone can give me some insight 
about the problem I have encountered.  I notice whenever I use
"return"
in my test, it will skip all the examples and exit right out of my test 
run.  Here is a small example that demonstrate the problem:

describe "This tests uses return in my code" do
  it "should print Hello" do
      puts "Hello"    
      # skip some test scenario if product is in demo mode
      if @product.demoMode?
          return;
     else
       # rest of the test goes here.
     end
  end
 
  it "should print hi" do
      puts "hi"
  end
end

With the above spec, the second "it should print hi" test will never
get
executed. 
I found it would be very useful to use "return" to skip some of the
test
code if a particular scenario occurs.  So I wonder if I cannot use 
"return" to achieve this, is there any way I can workaround it?

Thanks,

--Gary

Gary Lin wrote:
> describe "This tests uses return in my code" do
>  it "should print Hello" do
>      puts "Hello"         # skip some test scenario if product is
in
> demo mode
>      if @product.demoMode?
>          return;
use ''break''

(However, generally speaking, tests should either pass or fail, and they should 
not skip any blocks.)

-- 
   Phlip

On May 18, 2009, at 7:51 PM, Gary Lin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am still new to rspec and I wonder if anyone can give me some  
> insight about the problem I have encountered.  I notice whenever I  
> use "return" in my test, it will skip all the examples and exit  
> right out of my test run.  Here is a small example that demonstrate  
> the problem:
>
> describe "This tests uses return in my code" do
> it "should print Hello" do
>     puts "Hello"         # skip some test scenario if product is
in
> demo mode
>     if @product.demoMode?
>         return;
>    else
>      # rest of the test goes here.
>    end
> end
> it "should print hi" do
>     puts "hi"
> end
> end
Gary,
It''s better to not have an if/else in a test.

Why not try:

describe "This tests uses return in my code" do

   context "in demo mode" do
     @product.stub!(:demoMode?).and_return(true)
     something.should be_true
   end

   context "not in demo mode" do
     @product.stub!(:demoMode?).and_return(false)
     something.should_not be_true
   end

end

-----
BJ Clark
AboutUs.org


>
> With the above spec, the second "it should print hi" test will
never
> get executed. I found it would be very useful to use "return" to
> skip some of the test code if a particular scenario occurs.  So I  
> wonder if I cannot use "return" to achieve this, is there any way
I
> can workaround it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Gary
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