On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Rick DeNatale <rick.denat...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 6:16 PM, 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? >> > > Speaking for myself, I never was confused between before(:each) and > before(:all). The first always meant before each OF the examples, and > the latter before all the examples. > > As a devil's advocate, while before(:any) might evoke the current > meaning of before(:all) for some people, after(:any) to me evokes the > curent meaning of after(:each) more than it does after(:all), i.e. > after any OF the examples rather than after all the examples, because > I'd never say after any the examples. > > But that might just be me.
You're absolutely right that it would be confusing for after, and given that, I think we should probably not add it. _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
