From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-12-29T18:01:46+09:00
Subject: Re: unit testing of methods which do Kernel#exit


"Nobuyoshi Nakada" <nobu.nokada@softhome.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:200412290040.iBT0e5jo004676@sharui.nakada.niregi.kanuma.tochigi.jp...
> Hi,
>
> At Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:56:16 +0900,
> Michal wrote in [ruby-talk:124685]:
> > I ran into a problem -- how to unit test methods that have
> > Kernel#exit call in case of troubles (fatal errors).
> >
> > I found solution (imho) better than changing behaviour
> > of Kernel.exit -- I simply raise SystemExit, exitcode ...
>
> Kernel.exit does it too, so you can catch "exit" by `rescue
> SystemExit'.

Apart from that I would not write tests that do exit the system.  Usually
tests fail with an exception - that should be enough.

    robert