Hi, On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 19:25, Clint <simon.krollpfei...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am kind of confused, why this code is behaving the way it does. > In a test, I wrote something like this: > > it "should do something" do > @some = Factory(:some) > initial_object = @some > > #do something with @some. e.g. update attributes etc. > @some.reload > @some.should_not == initial_object > end > > Whenever I call reload on the object, the initial_object is set to > object again. > I don't understand why a reload on @some is also updating > initial_object. > Can someone explain this to me please?
It's because @some and initial_object both point to the same instance of an object. If you had: initial_object = @some.clone then initial_object and @some will point to separate instances. HTH, Mike _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
