> Perhaps :any is a better name? We could add it as an alternative for the same > as :all. WDYT?
I think that's an interesting idea, David. I whipped up a quick pull request, which you can see here: https://github.com/rspec/rspec-core/pull/293 ~ jf -- John Feminella Principal Consultant, BitsBuilder LI: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fjsquared SO: http://stackoverflow.com/users/75170/ On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 18:16, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 27, 2011, at 5:11 PM, John Feminella wrote: > >> That's not quite right. :each runs before _each_ spec, while :all runs >> once, before _any_ spec. > > Perhaps :any is a better name? We could add it as an alternative for the same > as :all. WDYT? > >> -- >> John Feminella >> Principal Consultant, BitsBuilder >> LI: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fjsquared >> SO: http://stackoverflow.com/users/75170/ >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 17:56, Brian Warner <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: >>> I'm having a hard time grasping the difference between :each and :all. >>> >>> If I have a bunch of stuff inside a "before :each" block. Everytime I >>> try to run an example that block of code will be run before the example. >>> >>> Now if I had the same code inside a "before :all" block. Everytime an >>> example is run, that block will still be run. Yielding the same results. >>> At least in my mind. >>> >>> The RSpec book says something like "before :each" defines a state for >>> each example. "before :all" defines a state for all the examples. But >>> what's the difference? >>> >>> -- >>> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
