On Aug 24, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Rob Biedenharn wrote:
>
> On Aug 23, 2011, at 5:18 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:
>
>>
>> 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
>
> RSpec 1.3 (from apidock)
>
> raise_exception(exception=Exception, message=nil, &block) public
> With no args, matches if any exception is raised. With a named exception,
> matches only if that specific exception is raised. With a named exception and
> messsage specified as a String, matches only if bothmatch. With a named
> exception and messsage specified as a Regexp, matches only if both match.
> Passan optional block to perform extra verifications on the exception matched
>
>
> Rspec 2 (from
> http://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-expectations/docs/built-in-matchers/raise-error-matcher)
>
> only shows forms with either nothing specified, or the first argument is
> always the Exception class.
>
> If you use one of:
> raise_error(string)
> raise_error(/regex/)
> against what is the string or /regex/ matched? The message associated to the
> Exception or the NAME of the exception.
>
>>>>> 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/
>
> The MESSAGE does not match /SyntaxError/ but it would have matched /syntax
> error/.
>
> I think that's where the OP is confused.
>
> -Rob
I beefed up the doc:
https://github.com/rspec/rspec-expectations/blob/a541a7523ef282b9bf96141f5b8a0920dda55281/features/built_in_matchers/expect_error.feature#L18-23.
Relish requires pushing all the docs at once and I have no way of knowing what
the last commit was that I pushed (so I can't really push the current docs or
roll back to the last release and patch them). So this won't make it to the
relish site today, but will as soon as I can get a release out.
Cheers,
David
>>>>> 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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