From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2006-09-22T11:43:18+09:00
Subject: Re: testunit message override?


On Sep 21, 2006, at 6:55 PM, Ron Jeffries wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:20:36 +0900, Logan Capaldo  
> <logancapaldo@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> With the dates in a rather odd format, as you see above. Yet  
>>> Date's to_s method
>>> is perfectly reasonable.
>>>
>> It's not calling Date#to_s, it's calling Date#inspect. I think you  
>> can
>> do:
>> assert_equal( a = Date.new(2006, 4, 15), b = calc.disbursal_date,
>>   "Expected Date of #{a}, got date of #{b}")
>
> Ah. #inspect. I did know the trick of the message parm, but it  
> still prints the
> inspect anyway. I would have liked to be rid of it, or to have the  
> code call
> to_s. I suppose I could override inspect if I really care.

The message will use to_s, but without it, assert_equal and friends  
will use inspect. I don't like Date's inspect either so I'll often  
assert_equal against the #to_i results instead. That way it is  
obvious if I'm off by +/- 1 or my code is just plain wack.

(oh, and hi Ron... long time!)