rspec users - Aug 2011 - named context or calling include_context with block?

Hello,

I''m playing around with Rspec again after going from test/unit to
rspec then back to test/unit... :)  Right off the bat, I find myself
wanting to do something like this:  https://gist.github.com/1128091

Basically, I want to name a context, then call it later by name,
passing a block to it.

Or in other words... what is the best way to DRY this code?
https://gist.github.com/1128108

Is that possible in Rspec 2.6?  If not, can anyone provide a monkey
patch for me?  Thanks!

On Aug 5, 2011, at 1:55 PM, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I''m playing around with Rspec again after going from test/unit to
> rspec then back to test/unit... :)  Right off the bat, I find myself
> wanting to do something like this:  https://gist.github.com/1128091
> 
> Basically, I want to name a context, then call it later by name,
> passing a block to it.
> 
> Or in other words... what is the best way to DRY this code?
> https://gist.github.com/1128108
> 
> Is that possible in Rspec 2.6?
Yes! Take a look at
http://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-core/dir/example-groups/shared-examples for
some different options.
> If not, can anyone provide a monkey
> patch for me?  Thanks!

Hey,

Maybe I''m reading that wrong, but that''s not exactly what I
want to
do.  In my example, when I call the shared context, I''m passing it a
block.  Neither include_context or include_examples take a block when
called.

Thanks.

On Aug 6, 8:56?am, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Aug 5, 2011, at 1:55 PM, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I''m playing around with Rspec again after going from
test/unit to
> > rspec then back to test/unit... :) ?Right off the bat, I find myself
> > wanting to do something like this: ?https://gist.github.com/1128091
>
> > Basically, I want to name a context, then call it later by name,
> > passing a block to it.
>
> > Or in other words... what is the best way to DRY this code?
> >https://gist.github.com/1128108
>
> > Is that possible in Rspec 2.6?
>
> Yes! Take a look
athttp://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-core/dir/example-groups/shared-examplesfor
some different options.
>
> > If not, can anyone provide a monkey
> > patch for me? ?Thanks!
>
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-us... at
rubyforge.orghttp://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users

On Aug 6, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
> On Aug 6, 8:56 am, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Aug 5, 2011, at 1:55 PM, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>> 
>>> I''m playing around with Rspec again after going from
test/unit to
>>> rspec then back to test/unit... :)  Right off the bat, I find
myself
>>> wanting to do something like this:  https://gist.github.com/1128091
>> 
>>> Basically, I want to name a context, then call it later by name,
>>> passing a block to it.
>> 
>>> Or in other words... what is the best way to DRY this code?
>>> https://gist.github.com/1128108
>> 
>>> Is that possible in Rspec 2.6?
>> 
>> Yes! Take a look
athttp://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-core/dir/example-groups/shared-examplesfor
some different options.
> Hey,
> 
> Maybe I''m reading that wrong, but that''s not exactly what
I want to
> do.  In my example, when I call the shared context, I''m passing it
a
> block.  Neither include_context or include_examples take a block when
> called.
> 
> Thanks.
it_behaves_like does, and it can be aliased, so you could so something like
https://gist.github.com/1129417.

HTH,
David

ps - I moved your reply inline. Please post inline or at the bottom, especially
if the conversation is already structured that way. See
http://idallen.com/topposting.html for rationale.
>>> If not, can anyone provide a monkey
>>> patch for me?  Thanks!

On Aug 6, 11:57?am, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Aug 6, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Aug 6, 8:56 am, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> >> On Aug 5, 2011, at 1:55 PM, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
>
> >>> Hello,
>
> >>> I''m playing around with Rspec again after going from
test/unit to
> >>> rspec then back to test/unit... :) ?Right off the bat, I find
myself
> >>> wanting to do something like this:
?https://gist.github.com/1128091
>
> >>> Basically, I want to name a context, then call it later by
name,
> >>> passing a block to it.
>
> >>> Or in other words... what is the best way to DRY this code?
> >>>https://gist.github.com/1128108
>
> >>> Is that possible in Rspec 2.6?
>
> >> Yes! Take a look
athttp://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-core/dir/example-groups/shared-examp...some
different options.
> > Hey,
>
> > Maybe I''m reading that wrong, but that''s not exactly
what I want to
> > do. ?In my example, when I call the shared context, I''m
passing it a
> > block. ?Neither include_context or include_examples take a block when
> > called.
>
> > Thanks.
>
> it_behaves_like does, and it can be aliased, so you could so something like
https://gist.github.com/1129417 .
Awesome, that''s exactly what I''m looking for!  I guess I was
confused
with the examples on relishapp because I thought it would just print
out "it behaves like Module" instead of printing out each individual
example.

One quick thing though... I couldn''t use the constant MyModule with
shared_examples and alias to it_should_behave_like.  I had to change
it to a string "MyModule" then everything worked.  I''m using
RSpec
2.6.4.

Thank you,
-- C
> HTH,
> David
>
> ps - I moved your reply inline. Please post inline or at the bottom,
especially if the conversation is already structured that way.
Seehttp://idallen.com/topposting.htmlfor rationale.
>
> >>> If not, can anyone provide a monkey
> >>> patch for me? ?Thanks!
>
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-us... at
rubyforge.orghttp://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users

On Aug 7, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Christopher J. Bottaro
wrote:
> One quick thing though... I couldn''t use the constant MyModule
with
> shared_examples and alias to it_should_behave_like.  I had to change
> it to a string "MyModule" then everything worked.  I''m
using RSpec
> 2.6.4.
That''s fixed in git, will be released in rspec 2.7.0.

Cheers,
David