From: Rob Sanheim <rsanheim@...>
Date: 2006-10-10T17:46:45+09:00
Subject: Re: ZenTest/autotest - Problem with controller modules?

On 10/9/06, Joe Ruby MUDCRAP-CE <joeat303@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Using rake, my tests all passed. And using autotest they all passed,
> until I implemented this test:
>
>   def test_vote
>     count = Item.find(1).vote_count
>
>     get :vote, :id=>1, :vote=>5
>
>     @item = Item.find(1)
>
>     assert_equal @item.vote_count, count+1
>     assert_equal @item.vote_average, 5
>     assert_equal @item.vote_total, 1
>     assert_redirected_to item_url(:action=>:show, :id=>1)
>   end
>
> Now, autotest displays this:
>
> multiple files matched class ItemsControllerTest
> ["test/functional/members/items_controller_test.rb",
> "test/functional/items_controller_test.rb",
> "test/functional/admin/items_controller_test.rb"].
> /opt/local/bin/ruby -I.:lib:test -rtest/unit -e
> "%w[test/functional/items_controller_test.rb].each { |f| load f }" |
> unit_diff -u
> Loaded suite -e
> Started
> ...F
> Finished in 1.239178 seconds.
>
> 1) Failure:
> test_vote(ItemsControllerTest)
> [./test/functional/items_controller_test.rb:48]:
> --- /tmp/diff10537.0    2006-10-09 18:25:13.000000000 -0600
> +++ /tmp/diff10537.1    2006-10-09 18:25:13.000000000 -0600
> @@ -1 +1 @@
> -<nil>
> +<5>
>
> 4 tests, 6 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors
>
> Tests under rake still pass. If I comment out the assert_equal lines,
> autotest doesn't display any errors. Any idea what the problem is?
>


Have you tried running that test in isolation?  Via rake
test:functionals?  Many times that turns up weird test failures like
that for me...

- Rob
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