if you wanna share variables from before filters to specs, you need to use instance variables instead of local ones, example:
WRONG: before :all do myvar = 1 end it "should do something" do puts myvar # nil end RIGHT: before :all do @myvar = 1 end it "should do something" do puts @myvar # 1 end --- Wilker Lúcio http://about.me/wilkerlucio/bio Kajabi Consultant +55 81 82556600 On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Rich Price <r...@gandalf.ws> wrote: > I have a module with two methods for marshaling objects. > The following rspec code is used to test this module: > > ----- Start Code ----- > require '../code/fmutil.rb' > require '../code/fmgrid.rb' > require '../code/serial.rb' > > # start test of Serial Module > describe Serial do > describe "Given a grid with the block test pattern" do > before(:all) do > cfg01 = Fmconfig.new > grid01 = Grid.makeempty(cfg01,500,20) > cfg01.list[:cellhight].times do |y| > cfg01.list[:cellwidth].times do |x| > grid01[x,y].elevation = x+10*(y+1) > end > end > end > describe "restored serialized grid object" do > it "matches origional grid object." do > grid02 = Grid.allocate > Serial.write(grid01,"testtemp01") > grid02 = Serial.read(grid02,"testtemp01") > grid01[9,9].elevation.should == grid02[9,9].elevation > end > end > end > end > ----- End Code ----- > > But when I run it it seems that the Grid object created in the > before(:all) hook is not available to the example [see below]. > Why is this? > > ----- Start Run ----- > rich@richlaptop2:~/Documents/fakemap/rspec$ rspec serialgrid.rb > > Serial > Given a grid with the block test pattern > restored serialized grid object > matches origional grid object. (FAILED - 1) > > Failures: > > 1) Serial Given a grid with the block test pattern restored serialized > grid object matches origional grid object. > Failure/Error: Serial.write(grid01,"testtemp01") > NameError: > undefined local variable or method `grid01' for > #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1::Nested_1::Nested_1:0xb7677a0c> > # ./serialgrid.rb:20 > > Finished in 0.00698 seconds > 1 example, 1 failure > rich@richlaptop2:~/Documents/fakemap/rspec$ > ----- End Run ----- > > > I am running rspec 2.4.0 and ruby 1.8.7 > > > -- > Rich Price > r...@gandalf.ws > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >
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