rspec users - Jan 2010 - [rails] undefined method `handling_predicate!'

I''m trying to use authlogic and factory_girl with rspec  and I am
getting an error I don''t understand.  Basically I have this failing
spec:

it "should succeed in creating a user from a factory" do
     testuser = Factory.create(:user)
     debugger
     testuser.should be_valid
end

When I stop in the debugger I see this:

(rdb:1) testuser.valid?
true
(rdb:1) testuser.should be_valid
NoMethodError Exception: undefined method `handling_predicate!'' for
#<Spec::Matchers::Be:0x25a9cac @args=[:be_valid]>

My (limited) understanding of rSpec is that if the "testuser.valid?"
works then "testuser.should be_valid" should work as well. 
I''m
confused because its not working.

Can someone help me understand what is going on here?

I am using the following gem versions:
rspec (1.3.0)
rspec-rails (1.3.2)
authlogic (2.1.3)
factory_girl (1.2.3)
rails (2.3.5)

I have uninstalled/ reinstalled rspec, rspec-rails and rerun
script/generate rspec letting it overwrite everything.

Gist with full terminal output from running the spec and files:
http://gist.github.com/282045
spec/models/user_spec.rb
spec/spec_helper.rb
spec/factories/users.rb

thanks
Dan Steinicke

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Dan Steinicke <dansteinicke at
gmail.com> wrote:
> I''m trying to use authlogic and factory_girl with rspec ?and I am
> getting an error I don''t understand. ?Basically I have this
failing
> spec:
>
> it "should succeed in creating a user from a factory" do
> ? ? testuser = Factory.create(:user)
> ? ? debugger
> ? ? testuser.should be_valid
> end
>
> When I stop in the debugger I see this:
>
> (rdb:1) testuser.valid?
> true
> (rdb:1) testuser.should be_valid
> NoMethodError Exception: undefined method `handling_predicate!''
for
> #<Spec::Matchers::Be:0x25a9cac @args=[:be_valid]>
>
> My (limited) understanding of rSpec is that if the
"testuser.valid?"
> works then "testuser.should be_valid" should work as well.
?I''m
> confused because its not working.
>
> Can someone help me understand what is going on here?
>
> I am using the following gem versions:
> rspec (1.3.0)
> rspec-rails (1.3.2)
> authlogic (2.1.3)
> factory_girl (1.2.3)
> rails (2.3.5)
>
> I have uninstalled/ reinstalled rspec, rspec-rails and rerun
> script/generate rspec letting it overwrite everything.
>
> Gist with full terminal output from running the spec and files:
> http://gist.github.com/282045
> spec/models/user_spec.rb
> spec/spec_helper.rb
> spec/factories/users.rb
>
> thanks
> Dan Steinicke
Hey Dan,

If you''re seeing that error it means you have an older version of
rspec-rails than 1.3.2 that is being loaded. Try running the spec with
--backtrace so you can see a full backtrace. Do you see any other
versions being loaded? Maybe from vendor/plugins?

On Jan 20, 7:07?pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Dan Steinicke <dansteini... at
gmail.com> wrote:
> > I''m trying to use authlogic and factory_girl with rspec ?and
I am
> > getting an error I don''t understand. ?Basically I have this
failing
> > spec:
>
> > it "should succeed in creating a user from a factory" do
> > ? ? testuser = Factory.create(:user)
> > ? ? debugger
> > ? ? testuser.should be_valid
> > end
>
> > When I stop in the debugger I see this:
>
> > (rdb:1) testuser.valid?
> > true
> > (rdb:1) testuser.should be_valid
> > NoMethodError Exception: undefined method
`handling_predicate!'' for
> > #<Spec::Matchers::Be:0x25a9cac @args=[:be_valid]>
>
> > My (limited) understanding of rSpec is that if the
"testuser.valid?"
> > works then "testuser.should be_valid" should work as well.
?I''m
> > confused because its not working.
>
> > Can someone help me understand what is going on here?
>
> > I am using the following gem versions:
> > rspec (1.3.0)
> > rspec-rails (1.3.2)
> > authlogic (2.1.3)
> > factory_girl (1.2.3)
> > rails (2.3.5)
>
> > I have uninstalled/ reinstalled rspec, rspec-rails and rerun
> > script/generate rspec letting it overwrite everything.
>
> > Gist with full terminal output from running the spec and files:
> >http://gist.github.com/282045
> > spec/models/user_spec.rb
> > spec/spec_helper.rb
> > spec/factories/users.rb
>
> > thanks
> > Dan Steinicke
>
> Hey Dan,
>
> If you''re seeing that error it means you have an older version of
> rspec-rails than 1.3.2 that is being loaded. Try running the spec with
> --backtrace so you can see a full backtrace. Do you see any other
> versions being loaded? Maybe from vendor/plugins?
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David,

That indeed was the problem.  The gist from the original post shows
the test run with --backtrace and it does show rspec-rails in vendor/
plugins (I didn''t see a version number tho).   I did the following:
rm -fr vendor/plugin/rspec-rails
rm -fr vendor/plugin/rsecp
sudo gem install rspec rspec-rails

After which the spec no longer produces a NoMethodError and in fact
passes.

Thanks for taking the time to help me understand this, I was really
stuck.

Dan