Comments on: RSpec Shared Example before(:each) Gotcha

By: John D. Rowell

John D. Rowell — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:17:53 +0000

I just got bitten by this, thanks for sharing. Will try the shared_examples_for method above.

By: W. Andrew Loe III

W. Andrew Loe III — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:52:08 +0000

To clarify, shared_examples_for and describe blocks are not interchangeable, what you probably really want to do is wrap your describe in an shared examples for block.

shared_examples_for “foo” do
before(:each) do
# This will get run everywhere which is not what you expect!
end

describe “#foo” do
before(:each) do
# This will get run how you expect, before only those specs in this describe block
end

it “should run the describe block above me”
# will pass
end
end
end

By: W. Andrew Loe III

W. Andrew Loe III — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:27:11 +0000

It appears to work as expected if you put a describe block inside the shared_examples_for block. Took me a while to figure this out!