RSpec results

pending spec with no implementation: is pending (PENDING: Not yet implemented)

pending command with block format

with content that would fail: is pending (PENDING: No reason given)

behaves like shared

is marked as pending but passes n.nnnns

  Expected pending 'No reason given' to fail. No error was raised.
  Shared Example Group: "shared" called from ./spec/rspec/core/resources/formatter_specs.rb:22
  # ./spec/rspec/core/resources/formatter_specs.rb:4

./spec/rspec/core/resources/formatter_specs.rb:4

2
3RSpec.shared_examples_for "shared" do
4  it "is marked as pending but passes" do
5    pending
6    expect(1).to eq(1)

passing spec: passesn.nnnns; passes with a multiple line descriptionn.nnnns

failing spec

fails n.nnnns

  Failure/Error: expect(1).to eq(2)

    expected: 2
         got: 1

    (compared using ==)
  # ./spec/rspec/core/resources/formatter_specs.rb:37:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

./spec/rspec/core/resources/formatter_specs.rb:37:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

35RSpec.describe "failing spec" do
36  it "fails" do
37    expect(1).to eq(2)
38  end

fails twice n.nnnns

  Got 2 failures:

  1) Failure/Error: expect(1).to eq(2)

       expected: 2
            got: 1

       (compared using ==)
     # ./spec/rspec/core/resources/formatter_specs.rb:41:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

  2) Failure/Error: expect(3).to eq(4)

       expected: 4
            got: 3

       (compared using ==)
     # ./spec/rspec/core/resources/formatter_specs.rb:42:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

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a failing spec with odd backtraces

fails with a backtrace that has no file n.nnnns

  Failure/Error: ERB.new("<%= raise 'foo' %>").result

  RuntimeError:
    foo
  # ./spec/rspec/core/resources/formatter_specs.rb:50:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

./spec/rspec/core/resources/formatter_specs.rb:50:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

48    require 'erb'
49
50    ERB.new("<%= raise 'foo' %>").result
51  end

fails with a backtrace containing an erb file n.nnnns

  Failure/Error: Unable to find /foo.html.erb to read failed line

  Exception:
    Exception
  # /foo.html.erb:1:in `<main>': foo (RuntimeError)
  #    from /lib/ruby/1.9.1/erb.rb:753:in `eval'
  # 
  #   Showing full backtrace because every line was filtered out.
  #   See docs for RSpec::Configuration#backtrace_exclusion_patterns and
  #   RSpec::Configuration#backtrace_inclusion_patterns for more information.

/foo.html.erb:1:in `<main>': foo (RuntimeError)
   from /lib/ruby/1.9.1/erb.rb:753:in `eval'

  Showing full backtrace because every line was filtered out.
  See docs for RSpec::Configuration#backtrace_exclusion_patterns and
  RSpec::Configuration#backtrace_inclusion_patterns for more information.

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with a `nil` backtrace

raises n.nnnns

  Failure/Error: Unable to find matching line from backtrace

  RuntimeError:
    boom

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