Submitted error #15608.
On Nov 13, 2007 12:16 PM, David Chelimsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 13, 2007 11:05 AM, sinclair bain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > VERSION: rspec rails plugin current edge version
> > XP/Cygwin on XP
> >
> > Hi,
> > I hit this when trying to use parenthesis in my stories ... (that'll
> teach
> > me!).
> >
> > If a scenario looks like the following:
> >
> > Story "User has story with parentheses", %{
> > As a user
> > I want parenthesis
> > So that ... well I just do
> > }, :type => RailsStory do
> >
> > Scenario "the Given has parentheses" do
> > Given "parenthesis () in the given " do
> > end
> >
> > When "anything" do
> > end
> >
> > Then "The error occurred while evaluating nil.perform " do
> > end
> >
> > end
> > end
> >
> > This fails with the following:
> >
> > The error occurred while evaluating nil.perform
> >
> >
> /cygdrive/c/development/sandbox/prototypes/proj/config/../vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/story/world.rb:
> > 60:in `store_and_call'
> >
> /cygdrive/c/development/sandbox/prototypes/proj/config/../vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/story/world.rb:
> > 92:in `Given'
> > stories/parenthesis_error_story.rb:10
> >
> >
> > Looks like the problem is in the Step#matches? method
> > since
> > "abc (re) def".match /abc (re) def/
> > returns nil
> > however
> > "abc (re) def".match /abc \(re\) def/
> > returns the match
> >
> > The Step#assign_expression method when modifed as follows
> >
> > def assign_expression(name)
> > expression = name.dup
> > if String === expression
> > while expression =~ /(\$\w*)/
> > expression.gsub!($1, "(.*)")
> > end
> >
> > expression.gsub! '(', '\(' # here
> > expression.gsub! ')', '\)' # here
> >
> > end
> > @expression = Regexp.new ("^#{expression}$")
> > end
> >
> > Then the specs pass.
> >
> > This has been here for a couple of weeks just got round to debugging.
>
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> incorporated.
>
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>
> Cheers,
> David
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Cheers!
sinclair
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