rspec users - Nov 2010 - Calling let(:something) from before blocks?

Hello!

I find myself repeating the same `let(:something)` statements over and over
again in different view examples. Therefore, I wonder if it''s possible
to define these globally in the spec_helper.rb file. I came up with the
following approach:

  # spec/spec_helper.rb
  RSpec.configure do |config|
    # ...
    config.before(:each, :type => :view) do
      let(:something) { "available for **all** view examples" }
    end
    # ...
  end

However, this doesn''t work because `let` isn''t defined in that
context:

  Failure/Error: Unable to find matching line from backtrace
  undefined method `let'' for
#<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x105569298>

Some kind of workaround to make this work would be really nice. Is this usage of
`let` supported at all?

Thx & best regards,
Christoph

PS: I''m using rspec 2.0.1, rails 3.0.1 and ruby 1.8.7.

Hello!

I find myself repeating the same `let(:something)` statements over and over
again in different view examples. Therefore, I wonder if it''s possible
to define these globally in the spec_helper.rb file. I came up with the
following approach:

 # spec/spec_helper.rb
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   # ...
   config.before(:each, :type => :view) do
     let(:something) { "available for **all** view examples" }
   end
   # ...
 end

However, this doesn''t work because `let` isn''t defined in that
context:

 Failure/Error: Unable to find matching line from backtrace
 undefined method `let'' for
#<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x105569298>

Some kind of workaround to make this work would be really nice. Is this usage of
`let` supported at all?

Thx & best regards,
Christoph

PS: I''m using rspec 2.0.1, rails 3.0.1 and ruby 1.8.7.
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On Nov 5, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Christoph Schiessl wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I find myself repeating the same `let(:something)` statements over and over
again in different view examples. Therefore, I wonder if it''s possible
to define these globally in the spec_helper.rb file. I came up with the
following approach:
> 
>  # spec/spec_helper.rb
>  RSpec.configure do |config|
>    # ...
>    config.before(:each, :type => :view) do
>      let(:something) { "available for **all** view examples" }
>    end
>    # ...
>  end
> 
> However, this doesn''t work because `let` isn''t defined in
that context:
> 
>  Failure/Error: Unable to find matching line from backtrace
>  undefined method `let'' for
#<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x105569298>
> 
> Some kind of workaround to make this work would be really nice. Is this
usage of `let` supported at all?
Not as of yet. Not sure if I''d like to add it or not, but please file a
feature request: http://github.com/rspec/rspec-core/issues.

Thx,
David
> 
> Thx & best regards,
> Christoph
> 
> PS: I''m using rspec 2.0.1, rails 3.0.1 and ruby 1.8.7.
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