That *was* the whole file. And I think therein lies the problem. I didn't realize that I needed a class def for Acct. So this, now, works:
class Account end describe Account, " when first created" do it "should have a balance of $0" do end end (as I said: newbie :) Thanks! Pito _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users