Rspec and should eql

Testing RSpec
1

Having troubles with rspec and should eql… in a rails 3.1 app

spec has this
User.first.name.should eql(‘admin’)

get this error
.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/remarkable-4.0.0.alpha4/lib/remarkable/
core/macros.rb:15:in method_missing': undefined methodeql’ for
#Class:0xf51ab30 (NoMethodError)

btw, I am using

gem “rspec”
gem “rspec-rails”
gem “remarkable_activerecord”, “~> 4.0.0.alpha4”
gem ‘rspec-rails-ext’
gem ‘rspec-rails-matchers’
gem “cucumber-rails”
gem “webrat”
gem “capybara”
gem “mocha”
gem “rcov”
gem “faker”
gem “shoulda-matchers”

2

Try “eq” or “equal”.

3

On Sep 5, 2011, at 8:10 PM, slavix wrote:

Having troubles with rspec and should eql… in a rails 3.1 app

spec has this
User.first.name.should eql(‘admin’)

get this error
.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/remarkable-4.0.0.alpha4/lib/remarkable/
core/macros.rb:15:in method_missing': undefined methodeql’ for
#Class:0xf51ab30 (NoMethodError)

Please post the example that is failing and the full error message.

4

thanks. tried both with same result.
btw documentation says to use eql

5.should eql(5)
http://rspec.rubyforge.org/rspec/1.1.9/classes/Spec/Matchers.html#M000429

5

Here is another example that is failing due to same problem…

class Currency < ActiveRecord::Base
end

class Bitcoin < Currency
include ActiveRecord::Singleton
default_scope where(:char_code => ‘BTC’)
end

spec:
describe Bitcoin do
…
Bitcoin.instance.char_code.should eql(‘BTC’)
…
end

error:
/home/slava/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/remarkable-4.0.0.alpha4/lib/
remarkable/core/macros.rb:15:in method_missing': undefined methodeql’ for #Class:0xe314990 (NoMethodError)
from /home/slava/dev/projects/bitcoin-derivatives/spec/models/
bitcoin_spec.rb:4:in block in <top (required)>' from /home/slava/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/ rspec/core/example_group.rb:142:inmodule_eval’
from /home/slava/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/
rspec/core/example_group.rb:142:in subclass' from /home/slava/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/ rspec/core/example_group.rb:129:indescribe’
from /home/slava/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rspec-core-2.6.4/lib/
rspec/core/dsl.rb:5:in describe' from /home/slava/dev/projects/bitcoin-derivatives/spec/models/ bitcoin_spec.rb:3:in<top (required)>’

6

On Sep 5, 2011, at 9:34 PM, slavix wrote:

thanks. tried both with same result.
btw documentation says to use eql

5.should eql(5)
http://rspec.rubyforge.org/rspec/1.1.9/classes/Spec/Matchers.html#M000429

This is not why you’re having trouble, but rspec-1.1.9 is nearly three
years old: rspec | RubyGems.org | your community gem host.

See http://relishapp.com/rspec and File: README — Documentation for rspec (3.12.0)
for the latest.

Cheers,
David

7

On Sep 5, 2011, at 11:27 PM, slavix wrote:

spec:
describe Bitcoin do
…
Bitcoin.instance.char_code.should eql(‘BTC’)

The describe() method creates an example group, and the it() method
creates an example. This ^^ line needs to be in an example:

describe Bitcoin do
it “defaults to BTC for char_code” do
Bitcoin.instance.char_code.should eq(‘BTC’)
end
end

re: whether to use eq, eql, or equal, see
http://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-expectations/docs/built-in-matchers/equality-matchers

HTH,
David