Writing a good spec.

[Ch Ba]

So I have a piece of code that I didn't write a spec for, and now rcov
is yelling at me about it. The problem is that I'm not really sure how I
should do it.

def build_structure(paths)
unless File::exists?('specdoc')
Dir.mkdir('specdoc')
end
paths.each do |path|
FileUtils.makedirs("specdoc/#{strip_file(path)}")
end
end

I want to make sure I have good coverage, but should I just come up with
some random paths, make it make them and then delete them? I just don't
know how to come at this one to get a good spec. Any ideas?

 

[ara.t.howard]

So I have a piece of code that I didn't write a spec for, and now rcov
is yelling at me about it. The problem is that I'm not really sure
how I
should do it.

def build_structure(paths)
unless File::exists?('specdoc')
Dir.mkdir('specdoc')
end
paths.each do |path|
FileUtils.makedirs("specdoc/#{strip_file(path)}")
end
end

I want to make sure I have good coverage, but should I just come up
with
some random paths, make it make them and then delete them? I just
don't
know how to come at this one to get a good spec. Any ideas?
--

first off, specdoc needs to be parameterizable - for instance

def build_structure *args

options = args.pop if args.last.is_a?(Hash)
paths = args.flatten.compact

root = Namespace.root

end

which sets you up to be able to do

Namespace.root = 'test/specdoc'

also, the method could return the directories created, which helps
testing a good deal.

some ideas...

a @ http://codeforpeople.com/

 

[Ch Ba]

first off, specdoc needs to be parameterizable - for instance

also, the method could return the directories created, which helps
testing a good deal.

some ideas...

a @ http://codeforpeople.com/

Thanks, I'll swing that in there!