rspec users - May 2011 - Simple routing spec issue - syntax error

Hi All,

New to rspec. Done some Rails, done TDD in other languages, trying to get the
two to meet. Getting a syntax error on my first routing spec:

context "public routing" do
  it "routes / to public#landing" do
    { :get => "/" }.should route_to{:controller =>
"public", :action => "landing"}
  end
end

I run: rspec spec/

I get:
/rspec/core/configuration.rb:419:in `load'':
/Users/peterbell/Sites/rails/skinnio-web/spec/routing/public_spec.rb:6: syntax
error, unexpected tASSOC, expecting ''}'' (SyntaxError)
....should route_to{:controller => "public", :action =>
"landin...
...                               ^
/Users/peterbell/Sites/rails/skinnio-web/spec/routing/public_spec.rb:6: syntax
error, unexpected '','', expecting ''}''

Looks like it''s expecting just a single argument to route_to, but I see
examples all over the place with two arguments. I''m running Rails
3.1rc1 and just updates rspec to 2.6.1 this morning.

Any thoughts much appreciated!

Best Wishes,
Peter

On May 26, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Peter Bell wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> New to rspec. Done some Rails, done TDD in other languages, trying to get
the two to meet. Getting a syntax error on my first routing spec:
> 
> context "public routing" do
>  it "routes / to public#landing" do
>    { :get => "/" }.should route_to{:controller =>
"public", :action => "landing"}
>  end
> end
> 
> I run: rspec spec/
> 
> I get:
> /rspec/core/configuration.rb:419:in `load'':
/Users/peterbell/Sites/rails/skinnio-web/spec/routing/public_spec.rb:6: syntax
error, unexpected tASSOC, expecting ''}'' (SyntaxError)
> ....should route_to{:controller => "public", :action =>
"landin...
> ...                               ^
> /Users/peterbell/Sites/rails/skinnio-web/spec/routing/public_spec.rb:6:
syntax error, unexpected '','', expecting ''}''
> 
> Looks like it''s expecting just a single argument to route_to, but
I see examples all over the place with two arguments. I''m running Rails
3.1rc1 and just updates rspec to 2.6.1 this morning.
> 
> Any thoughts much appreciated!
This is just a matter of getting accustomed to Ruby syntax. The goal here is to
submit a hash as an argument to the route_to method. Here''s the most
explicit way to do it:

  { :get => "/" }.should route_to({:controller =>
"public", :action => "landing"})

The following will also work, because Ruby will interpret key/value pairs at the
end of argument as a hash:

  { :get => "/" }.should route_to(:controller =>
"public", :action => "landing")

But this won''t:

  { :get => "/" }.should route_to{:controller =>
"public", :action => "landing"}

The reason is that, in this last form, Ruby thinks you''re passing a
block to the route_to method, not a Hash.

HTH,
David