From: John Wilger <johnwilger@...>
Date: 2006-08-06T01:05:48+09:00
Subject: Re: why can't I catch this exception?

On 8/5/06, Rob Sanheim <rsanheim@gmail.com> wrote:
> And I cannot get the exception to be caught in a test case, no matter
> what I do.  For example, w/i a standard FooControllerTest:
>
>   def test_bad_file_render_with_full_path_false
>     assert_raises ActionController::MissingTemplate do
>       get :bad_file_with_full_path_false
>     end
>     rescue Exception => e
>       flunk("failed")
>   end
>
> This just exits - no flunk msg, assert_raise doesn't catch, nothing.

If it _is_ raising the exception, you won't reach that rescue --
#assert_raises rescues the exception internally. Perhaps you meant to
use #assert_nothing_raised ?

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Regards,
John Wilger
http://johnwilger.com

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