From: "Suraj N. Kurapati" <skurapat@...>
Date: 2006-05-13T08:09:09+09:00
Subject: using RSpec without runner - inconsistent context evaluation

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Hello,

I'm trying to use RSpec 0.5.3 with Ruby 1.8.4 in an embedded situation:

(C program
| (Ruby interpreter
| | (RSpec library
| |   ... my specification ...
| | )
| )
)

Here I have an embedded Ruby interpreter which can run any Ruby
file, but I do not have the ability to use the RSpec runner because
it only works with this kind of situation:

(RSpec runner
| (Ruby interpreter
| | ... my specification ...
| )
)


The only way I know to solve this problem is invoking the RSpec
library directly through through RubyGems' "require" method:

### begin stack_spec.rb ###
require 'rubygems'
require_gem 'rspec'
require 'spec'


context "A new stack" do
	specify "should be empty" do
	end
end

context "An empty stack" do
	specify "should not be empty after 'push'" do
	end
end
### end stack_spec.rb ###


However, the evaluation of the contexts is different when I use the
RSpec library directly (as with the stack_spec.rb above) and when I
use the RSpec runner:

### begin output ###
$ spec stack_spec.rb

..

Finished in 0.000854 seconds

2 contexts, 2 specifications, 0 failures


$ ruby stack_spec.rb

.

Finished in 0.000582 seconds

1 context, 1 specification, 0 failures

.

Finished in 0.000531 seconds

1 context, 1 specification, 0 failures
### end output ###


How can I use the RSpec library directly (through "require" or some
other means) and still get the same behavior as if I used the RSpec
runner?

Thanks for your attention.
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