So, I've got the following structure: # config/application.rb config.autoload_paths += ["#{Rails.root}/lib"]
# initializers/core_ext.rb require "core_ext/array.rb" require "core_ext/hash.rb" require "core_ext/numeric.rb" require "core_ext/float.rb" require "core_ext/object.rb" # lib/core_ext/* ( various opened classes with added methods ) ... So, I found that my specs were failing because these added methods did not exist in the context of the tests.. yet in the console, and in the app they do.. I added a "puts" call to the beginning of each require to see what was happening. In the console, I got all trues.. When running rspec spec, I got trues for array, float, and numeric, but false for object and hash! ....... Totally confused... Simply changing the initializer to specify Rails.root for those two files fixed the problem: # initializers/core_ext.rb require "core_ext/array.rb" require "#{Rails.root}/lib/core_ext/hash.rb" require "core_ext/numeric.rb" require "core_ext/float.rb" require "#{Rails.root}/lib/core_ext/object.rb" This gives all trues with rspec spec, but--- why? Patrick J. Collins http://collinatorstudios.com _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users