I think bundling/recommending/depending on a mock framework gives you
the same comfort and saves a lot of development time :D

-chris

On 9/6/07, Christopher D. Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What's the rationale behind removing the integrated mocking framework? Can
> you not still use Mocha or FlexMock or whatever else you'd like to use
> still? Meanwhile, the integrated mocking framework in RSpec provides a ready
> and able mocking framework for anyone just starting out with RSpec. In my
> experience, people are more apt to begin to use a new thing if it's already
> there waiting for them.
>
> Chris Pratt
>
>
> On 9/6/07, Christoph Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On 9/5/07, Steven R. Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Wilson Bilkovich wrote:
> > > > On 9/5/07, Christoph Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > > >> One thing is clear, mocha is much nicer than the integrated mocking,
> > > >> nicer syntax, better errormessages, better everything. The rspec
> > > >> mocking framework could never compete with mocha or flexmock on its
> > > >> own. At the time it was created there were good reasons for that,
> just
> > > >> like there are good reasons to deprecate it now.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > I would be 100% OK with this for version 1.1 or 1.2 or whatever, as
> > > > long as Mocha was the only 'recommendation', and the rspec gem had a
> > > > listed gem dependency on Mocha.
> > > > It's the 'choice' I object to, not the specifics of which mock
> > > > framework we happen to use.
> > > >
> > > To clarify, you just want a default mock framework, instead of being
> > > forced to make the decision yourself?
> > >
> >
> > Ok, I am in no way saying anything against flexmock, Its probably
> > great, but I never tried it. What I tried was rspec mocking and mocha,
> > and I liked mocha much better.
> >
> > And I do think there should be a default, for the generated code.
> >
> > regards
> > chris
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