Hi, there,
I believe I have some problem with scoping. I have a controller spec file which tests a brands resource. At the start of the file, I test the resource's access for different users in a context block a) not signed in b) non-admin user signed in- I call my own helper method, login_user c) admin user signed in - I call my own helper method, login_admin_user Specs there do pass successfully. I then create another context block to just test the resource for an admin user that's signed in. I tried calling login_admin_user in a before hook as per the previous specs . It fails and I suspect that the current scope within the before hook does not see my custom helper method, login_admin_user. Here is the error message: --------- Extract start ----------------- /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activesupport-3.0.9/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:235:in `load': /Users/anexiole/ projects/ try_rails/spec/controllers/brands_controller_spec.rb:164: syntax error, unexpected keyword_end, expecting $end (SyntaxError) from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/ activesupport-3.0.9/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:235:in `block in load' from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/ activesupport-3.0.9/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:227:in `load_dependency' from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/ activesupport-3.0.9/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:235:in `load' from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/ lib/ rspec/core/configuration.rb:419:in `block in load_spec_files' from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/ lib/ rspec/core/configuration.rb:419:in `map' from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/ lib/ rspec/core/configuration.rb:419:in `load_spec_files' from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/ lib/ rspec/core/command_line.rb:18:in `run' from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/ lib/ rspec/core/runner.rb:80:in `run_in_process' from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/ lib/ rspec/core/runner.rb:69:in `run' from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/ lib/ rspec/core/runner.rb:11:in `block in autorun' ---------- Extract end ------------------ My specs is as follows: --------- spec/controllers/brands_controller_spec.rb (start) -------------- require 'spec_helper' describe BrandsController do # This should return the minimal set of attributes required to create a valid # Brand. As you add validations to Brand, be sure to # update the return value of this method accordingly. def valid_attributes { 'name' => 'J Speed', 'description' => 'From gunsai province' } end context 'checking access for varying users' do describe 'brands access is not available to users who have not signed in' do it 'users that are not logged in will be sent to the sign in page' do get :index response.should redirect_to(new_user_session_path) end end describe 'brands access is not available to regular users' do login_user it 'regular users that are logged in will be sent to home page' do get :index response.should redirect_to(root_path) end end describe 'brands access is available only to admin users' do login_admin_user it 'admin users that are logged in can access the index page' do get :index response.should render_template('index') end end end context 'with an admin user signed in' do # <----- starts failing in this context before(:each) do login_admin_user end describe "creates a new brand entry" do it "assigns a new brand as @brand" do get :new assigns(:brand).should be_a_new(Brand) end end end end --------- spec/controllers/brands_controller_spec.rb (end) -------------- What am I doing wrong? _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users