On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:27 PM, David Chelimsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 8:21 AM, David Chelimsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 8:13 AM, aslak hellesoy >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Joseph Wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> David Chelimsky wrote: >>>>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:54 AM, Joseph Wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> You can still use non-regular expression steps in Cucumber: >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been unable to think of a good example where I would want only a >>>>>> partial match of a step. Throwing away the unmatched characters. Does >>>>>> anyone have good examples where they would? >>>>> >>>>> I think you've got this right and exposed a bug. Wanna report it to >>>>> lighthouse and/or fix it? >>>> >>>> Sure I'll report it and write a patch. >>>> >>> >>> Hold on. >>> >>> If you want the regexp to match until the end of the string, why don't >>> you just stick a $ at the end of the Regexp? >>> >>> That's how regexen work. I don't see why they should work any >>> differently when used in Cucumber. >> >> My previous comments withdrawn. I agree with Aslak. > > Although, I can see why one might be confused by this. I was. Even > though these are regular expressions, the context led me to an > (erroneous, but intuitive) expectation that in the presence of these > two ... > > /this and "(.*)"/ > /this and "(.*)" and the other thing/ > > ... that the first would not match "this and that and the other thing" > > Perhaps a hint in the error message is in order? > > When this and "that" and the other thing > Ambiguous step resolution for "this and \"that\" and the other thing": > > ./features//foo-steps.rb:4:in `/this and "(.*)" and the other thing/' > ./features//foo-steps.rb:1:in `/this and "(.*)"/' (Cucumber::Ambiguous) > > Consider ending the shorter expression with a $ > > WDYT? >
I like this much better. -Guiding people to use regexen properly is better than redefining their semantics. Feel free to add it. Aslak > >> >> Cheers, >> David >> >>> >>> Aslak >>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Joseph Wilk >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> David >> > _______________________________________________ > 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
