On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Stefano Crocco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello to every one, > > First of all, sorry if this message has already reached the list. I sent it > yesterday, but since today I don't see it in the archives, I'm resending it. > > I'm writing an application and using rspec to test it. I like very much it's > html output, since it allows me to look at it and see how something is > supposed to work. The only problem is that the list of example is quickly > growing to a size that makes looking for a particular example a bit time- > consuming. So I got the idea to split the output into several files. Something > like: > > a_spec.rb -> a_results.html > b_spec.rb -> b_results.html > > Since I put all the specs related to a class in a single spec file, this would > allow me to have a clear overview of the class and to be able to locate > quickly the example I'm looking for. The only problem is that, as far as I > know, rspec doesn't provide similar features. > > So, I decided to try and write a custom rspec formatter which does what I > described above. Before I start coding, however, I'd like to know the answers > to some questions: > > 1) is there any reason my idea is not a good one?
I think it's a good idea. > 2) has something like this already been implemented? I searched google, this > mailing list and the ruby mailing list, but found nothing Not to my knowledge. > 3) what's the best way for a formatter to access the name of the file an > example comes from? Looking at the RDoc documentation, the only way I found is > to use the Spec::Example::ExampleMethods#implementation_backtrace, which > contains the filename and line of the example in its first entry. Is this > reliable? Is there a better way? None that I know of in the current code base. Good luck! > > Thanks in advance > > Stefano > > _______________________________________________ > 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
