It ends up comparing nil to real_hash. This happens because the
#result accessor never gets initialized due to the block never getting
executed.
cr
On Mar 28, 2008, at 12:47 PM, George Anderson wrote:
> What's the output (or error?) you're getting?
>
> /g
>
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Chuck Remes
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I'm trying to use a mock to return a hash so that #each_pair can
>> process it. I can't get it to work. Whatever I return to #each_pair
>> is
>> ignored and the block never gets executed. Here's an example
>> illustrating the problem.
>>
>> require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), %w[spec_helper])
>>
>> class MyExample
>> attr_reader :result
>>
>> def example(data)
>> data.each_pair do |key, value|
>> @result = {key => value}
>> end
>> end
>> end
>>
>> describe MyExample, "mock#each_pair fails" do
>> it "should return a hash after processing the mock using each_pair"
>> do
>> sample_mock = mock("sample")
>> real_hash = {:key => :value}
>> sample_mock.should_receive(:each_pair).once.and_return(real_hash)
>> obj = MyExample.new
>> obj.example(sample_mock)
>> obj.result.should == real_hash
>> end
>> end
>>
>> I tried returning different things in case the hash was the wrong
>> intermediate. I tried:
>> #and_return([:key, :value])
>> #and_return([[:key, :value]])
>> #and_return(:key, :value)
>>
>> None worked. Is this a bug or am I misusing mocks?
>>
>> cr
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