Is #unstub being called at any point?

Scott

On Feb 16, 2011, at 12:54 AM, Fearless Fool wrote:

> I'm looking at an example where a stub seems to work sometimes, and
> sometimes appears to become "unstubbed".  I haven't boiled it down to a
> minimal example, but it goes something like this:
> ---- the model:
> class Premise << ActiveRecord::Base
>  def lookup_stuff_on_the_web
>    $stderr.puts("entering lookup_stuff_on_the_web with #{self}")
>    ...
>  end
> end
> ---- the rspec test file:
> describe Analysis do
>  before(:each) do
>    @premise = Factory(:premise)
>    @premise.stub(:lookup_things_on_the_web)
>    $stderr.puts("just stubbed #{@premise.inspect}")
>  end
> 
>  it "should not hit the web" do
>    @premise.lookup_things_on_the_web.should_not raise_exception
>  end
> end
> ----
> When I run the test, I see:
> 
> just stubbed #<Premise id: 1, user_id: 1, ...>
> entering lookup_stuff_on_the_web with #<Premise id: 1, user_id: 1, ...>
> Failure/Error: ...
>     WebMock::NetConnectNotAllowedError:
> 
> As far as I can see, the Premise that's being stubbed and the Premise
> whose lookup_stuff_on_the_web method is getting called are one and the
> same.  What I can't figure out is why the stub isn't being honored.
> (FWIW, the same setup code is working in other tests.)
> 
> Are there any known gotchas I should be looking for?  Or specific things
> I should try to uncover the cause?
> 
> TIA.
> 
> - ff
> 
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