be_* is handled by method_missing in rspec-expectations <https://github.com/rspec/rspec-expectations/blob/master/lib/rspec/matchers.rb#L950>. When you take a look at BePredicate <https://github.com/rspec/rspec-expectations/blob/master/lib/rspec/matchers/built_in/be.rb#L181> you can see it tries two variants <https://github.com/rspec/rspec-expectations/blob/master/lib/rspec/matchers/built_in/be.rb#L239> of the phrase following be_*. For example:
expect(user).to be_registered is roughly equivalent to: expect(user.registered?).to be_truthy Yours ᐧ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CAA6WWt8yXou6QN%3D_LASvkRxdickrhj0gbh%3DnEsjvHGYq%2Bc7JRg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
