stupid arguments

rspec controller specs: YourClass.should_receive(:find).with() really cares about argument order and does not accept a hash of values where the params[:key] is named like the key in the hash key => value so: 
## controller code
def find_my_fucking_shit
  @my_class = MyClass.special_method_in_model(params[:shit], params[:not])
end

## controller spec
# This will fail and you will want to punch a bitch in the nose because you spent two fucking days 
# figuring you were just really goddamn stupid (which may be true) because it should work but it doesn't
it "should find shit" do
  MyClass.should_receive(:special_method_in_model).with({:shit => 'will', :not => 'work'}).and_return(mock_my_shit)
  get 'find_my_fucking_shit',  :shit => 'will', :not => 'work'
end


# This will pass
it "should find shit" do
  MyClass.should_receive(:special_method_in_model).with('will', 'work').and_return(mock_my_shit)
  get 'find_my_fucking_shit',  :shit => 'will', :not => 'work'
end
Yes, I know about hash_including(). For some reason it failed because ":action => '_controller_action_', :only_path => true" was being included in the with() arguments hash and it made the should_receive fail - even though hash_including is supposed to deal with this. It may be a rspec_rails thing. I have not dug into the rspec code very deep to see what I was doing wrong or if it's a bug or if the universe just hates me.

Posted by jeremy Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:44:00 GMT

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