On 8.2.2008, at 1.26, Pito Salas wrote: > I am experimenting with the restful-authentication plug in and I see > that it has generated an rspec encantation which I had not seen > before: > > it 'allows signup' do > lambda do > create_user > response.should be_redirect > end.should change(User, :count).by(1) > end > > What does the combination of a lambda and a .should mean?
Lambda is an anonymous function, or pretty much the same as a block of code. So in the case above, running the code inside the lambda block should change the user count by one. This is the same as assert_difference does in test/unit. > > > Similarly but a little different: > > describe 'being created' do > before do > @user = nil > @creating_user = lambda do > @user = create_user > violated "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" if > @user.new_record? > end > end > > it 'increments User#count' do > @creating_user.should change(User, :count).by(1) > end > end > > Thanks for any pointers or clarifications! Same thing, just this time the function is first stored in an instance variable. //jarkko -- Jarkko Laine http://jlaine.net http://dotherightthing.com http://www.railsecommerce.com http://odesign.fi _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
