I missed that one. I had a feeling that such a discussion must have already taken place, so I sent this suggestion with some trepidation. Having read the tracker comments, I empathize with David's and Aslak's sentiments.
On 9/19/07, Jay Levitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/19/2007 11:04 PM, Scott Taylor wrote: > > On Sep 19, 2007, at 10:17 PM, Jed Hurt wrote: > > > >> Sprinkling my examples with 'lambda' has always seemed like a bit of a > >> wart to me. I've gotten into the habit of adding 'alias :calling > >> :lambda' to my spec suites. My examples then look like: > >> > >> calling { Foo }.should raise_error > >> calling { Bar }.should_not raise_error > >> > >> Is there a reason that RSpec core has chosen not to make exception > >> expectations more sugary? > > > > There was a long discussion of this in the tracker + mailing list. > > Did you not see it (It almost seems coincidental that you ask this > > question at the current time). > > Yes, that is *quite* a coincidence, Mr. Jed Hurt - IF that is your real > name... > > Seriously, check out > > http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=13837&group_id=797&atid=3152 > > Jay > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users