On Aug 23, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Rob Biedenharn wrote:
> On Aug 23, 2011, at 3:16 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:
>
>> On Aug 23, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Roger Pack wrote:
>>
>>> This error message:
>>>
>>>
>>> it 'should' do
>>> proc { eval("a=")}.should raise_exception(/SyntaxError/)
>>> end
>
> shouldn't that be
> raise_exception(SyntaxError)
> that is, the exception class, not a Regexp literal to match its name.
It supports any of:
raise_error(ErrorClass)
raise_error(ErrorClass, string)
raise_error(ErrorClass, /regex/)
raise_error(string)
raise_error(/regex/)
(or raise_exception with the same set of alternatives)
Cheers,
David
>
>>>
>>>
>>> expected Exception with message matching /SyntaxError/, got
>>> #<SyntaxError: (eval):1: syntax error, unexpected end-of-file>
>>>
>>> Is a bit confusing, since it appears from the error output that it
>>> *does* match /SyntaxError/
>>>
>>> Might be able to word it better or along those lines.
>>> Thanks!
>>> -roger-
>>
>> Please report this to http://github.com/rspec/rspec-expectations/issues.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David
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