On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 9:34 AM, aslak hellesoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 My previous comments withdrawn.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. >
I completely agree. The current story runner fudges with regexps and it's really annoying. Raise the bar for regexp education... K-12. ;) -- Zach Dennis http://www.continuousthinking.com http://www.mutuallyhuman.com _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
