On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Mark Berry <mcbsyst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 8:09 PM, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Mark Berry wrote:
>>
>> On Wed April 18, 2012 at 5:35 AM, David Chelimsky wrote:
>> On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Mark Berry wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using Rails 3.1.3, rspec-rails 2.9.0, and Ruby 1.9.3p0.
>>
>> I've been getting recursive errors, where one error is reported
>> multiple times. It's quite spectacular in a long suite, with the
>> errors overflowing the console buffer. I've whittled down a simple
>> example:
>>
>> require 'spec_helper'
>> describe "public pages" do
>> subject { page }
>> describe "details page" do
>> before do
>> visit root_path
>> end
>> describe "when visiting a second page before example" do
>> before { visit sign_in_path }
>> it { should have_link("Sign in") }
>> end
>> end
>> end
>>
>> The error here is that "sign_in_path" should really be "signin_path".
>> But I get that error five times, and when I run with --format
>> documentation, it looks like RSpec is generating it recursively before
>> it "blows up" with a stack trace (see output below).
>>
>> Obviously this test doesn't really need two before blocks, but
>> sometimes I do want to visit two pages before a test.
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug?
>>
>> Mark Berry
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Test output:
>>
>> [myproject (tests)]$ rspec spec/requests/test2* --format documentation
>> No DRb server is running. Running in local process instead ...
>>
>> public pages
>> details page
>> when no user is signed in
>> when visiting a second page before example
>> when visiting a second page before example
>> when no user is signed in
>> when visiting a second page before example
>> details page
>> when no user is signed in
>> when visiting a second page before example
>>
>> Failures:
>>
>> 1) public pages details page when no user is signed in when visiting
>> a second page before example
>> Failure/Error: before { visit sign_in_path }
>> NameError:
>> undefined local variable or method `sign_in_path' for
>> #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1::Nested_1::Nested_1::Nested_1:0xb6f3460>
>> # ./spec/requests/test2_pages_spec.rb:16:in `block (5 levels) in
>> <top (required)>'
>>
>> 2) public pages details page when no user is signed in when visiting
>> a second page before example
>> Failure/Error: before { visit sign_in_path }
>> NameError:
>> undefined local variable or method `sign_in_path' for
>> #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1::Nested_1::Nested_1::Nested_1:0xb6f3460>
>> # ./spec/requests/test2_pages_spec.rb:16:in `block (5 levels) in
>> <top (required)>'
>>
>> 3) public pages details page when no user is signed in when visiting
>> a second page before example
>> Failure/Error: before { visit sign_in_path }
>> NameError:
>> undefined local variable or method `sign_in_path' for
>> #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1::Nested_1::Nested_1::Nested_1:0xb6f3460>
>> # ./spec/requests/test2_pages_spec.rb:16:in `block (5 levels) in
>> <top (required)>'
>>
>> 4) public pages details page when no user is signed in when visiting
>> a second page before example
>> Failure/Error: before { visit sign_in_path }
>> NameError:
>> undefined local variable or method `sign_in_path' for
>> #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1::Nested_1::Nested_1::Nested_1:0xb6f3460>
>> # ./spec/requests/test2_pages_spec.rb:16:in `block (5 levels) in
>> <top (required)>'
>>
>> 5) public pages details page when no user is signed in when visiting
>> a second page before example
>> Failure/Error: before { visit sign_in_path }
>> NameError:
>> undefined local variable or method `sign_in_path' for
>> #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1::Nested_1::Nested_1::Nested_1:0xb6f3460>
>> # ./spec/requests/test2_pages_spec.rb:16:in `block (5 levels) in
>> <top (required)>'
>>
>>
>> This is what I would expect. There is nothing "recursive" about this. There
>> is a failure in
>> a before block that runs before every example. It's the same as if you had
>> the same
>> broken code directly in each example.
>>
>>
>> HTH,
>> David
>>
>>
>> [Sorry if this starts a new thread. I was attempting to monitor and
>> reply to the group through Google Groups, but apparently that mirror
>> stopped working on April 10, so I'm having to reconstruct this reply.]
>>
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>
>> Although the output says "5 examples, 5 failures," there is only one
>> example, hence my confusion about it failing five times. Also, the
>> "documentation" output lists each describe block (except the first)
>> two to four times.
>>
>> When I fix the error, I get one line per describe, plus one example
>> completed, as expected:
>>
>>
>> [myproject (tests)]$ rspec spec/requests/test2* --format documentation
>>
>> public pages
>> details page
>> when visiting a second page before example
>> should has link "Sign in"
>>
>> Finished in 1.44 seconds
>> 1 example, 0 failures
>>
>>
>> I have since discovered that the problem only occurs when using
>> "--format documentation". Without that, with the error back in place,
>> RSpec only gives me one error, not five:
>>
>>
>> [myproject (tests)]$ rspec spec/requests/test2*
>> F
>>
>> Failures:
>>
>> 1) public pages details page when visiting a second page before example
>> Failure/Error: before { visit sign_in_path }
>> NameError:
>> undefined local variable or method `sign_in_path' for
>> #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1::Nested_1::Nested_1:0xa1f2ef8>
>> # ./spec/requests/test2_pages_spec.rb:9:in `block (4 levels) in
>> <top (required)>'
>>
>> Finished in 1.07 seconds
>> 1 example, 1 failure
>>
>> Failed examples:
>>
>> rspec ./spec/requests/test2_pages_spec.rb:10 # public pages details
>> page when visiting a second page before example
>>
>> Does that clarify the issue?
>>
>> Yes. Is the repo public?
>
> No, but I think it will duplicate the issue if you drop this into into
> almost any project with a root_path.
>
> spec/requests/test_spec.rb
>
> require 'spec_helper'
> describe "public pages" do
> subject { page }
> describe "details page" do
> before do
> visit root_path
> end
> describe "when visiting a second page before example" do
> before { visit sign_in_path }
> it { should have_link("Sign in") }
> end
> end
> end
>
> gemfile:
>
> gem 'rails', '3.1.3'
> gem 'devise', '1.5.3' # required to succeed, but not to fail
> group :test do
> gem 'rspec-rails', '2.9.0'
> gem 'capybara', '1.1.2'
> end
>
> Run:
>
> rspec spec/requests/test* --format documentation
>
> Or try with another failing test. I see the issue with any failing
> test if I "--format documentation".
>
> If it doesn't duplicate, let me know and I'll try to build a public
> mini project.
>
> I've seen mention of another recursion issue traced back to Ruby 1.9;
> don't know if this is related:
>
> http://myronmars.to/n/dev-blog/2011/11/recent-rspec-configuration-warnings-and-errors
>
> Mark Berry
> Or try with another failing test. I see the issue with any failing
> test if I "--format documentation".
Let me amend that: I see it on any test with "--format documentation"
IF the test fails due to a syntax error.
So if "should have_link('foo')" fails because the link is not there, I
only get one error.
But if I fumble-finger and type "should havelink('foo')", I get the
syntax error many times.
Mark Berry
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