[rspec-users] How do BOTH these examples pass?

[Ashley Moran]

On 1 Oct 2008, at 14:11, Mikel Lindsaar wrote:

> Changing it to:
>
>    def rss
>      rss_body =
>        begin
>          @uri.read
>          ::RSS::Parser.parse(rss_body, false)
>        rescue OpenURI::HTTPError => e
>          nil
>        end
>    end

Ah don't worry, that's what my real code does.  The code I posted was  
mid-refactoring.


> Should pass your specs.


It's academic really, but this code:
>    def rss
>      rss_body =
>        begin
>          @uri.read
>        rescue OpenURI::HTTPError => e
>          nil
>        end
>
>      ::RSS::Parser.parse(rss_body, false)
>    end


*does* pass the specs, both the one that says parse should be called,  
and the one that say it shouldn't!  But why?  I'm prepared to admit  
I'm just missing something really really really obvious (it happens  
often), but how can:

     it "should attempt to parse the RSS" do
       ::RSS::Parser.should_receive(:parse)
       @rss_reader.rss
     end

     it "should not attempt to parse the RSS" do
       ::RSS::Parser.should_not_receive(:parse)
       @rss_reader.rss
     end

both pass, under any circumstances?

Ashley

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