David Chelimsky wrote: > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 8:21 AM, David Chelimsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >>>>>> anyone have good examples where they would? >>> 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 My previous comments withdrawn.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 can see the logic of what you are both saying, so David's error/warning seems like the best idea. We can avoid other people getting confused about this. -- Joseph Wilk http://www.joesniff.co.uk -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
