On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Barun Singh <baru...@gmail.com> wrote: > Suppose a User has many Items, and I want to spec that when a user is > destroyed its associated items are destroyed. I'm seeing some unexpected > behavior: > > describe User do > before(:each) do > @user = create_user # helper method that actually creates & saves a > user > @item = create_item > @user.items << @item > end > > # THIS WORKS > it "should delete associated items when a user is destroyed" do > @item.should == @user.items[0] > @user.items[0].should_receive(:destroy) > @user.destroy > end > > # THIS FAILS > it "should delete associated items when a user is destroyed" do > @item.should_receive(:destroy) > @user.destroy > end > end > > Why does the message expectation fail on @item but succeed on > @user.items[0], even though @user.items[0] == @item ?
But @user.items[0].equal?(@item) wiil return false. They're not the same object. One of the mysteries of AR associations and proxies. > > Thanks... > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
