From: Daniel Higginbotham <daniel@...>
Date: 2006-11-15T10:25:07+09:00
Subject: Re: question about rspec assigns

Thanks!

Sorry for asking here - the rspec forum on rubyforge 
(http://rubyforge.org/forum/?group_id=797) was pretty barren, but now I see 
how to joing the mailing list - thanks again!

Daniel

On Tuesday 14 November 2006 3:10 pm, Wilson Bilkovich wrote:
> On 11/14/06, Daniel Higginbotham <daniel@flyingmachinestudios.com> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I'm using rspec for a Rails project and keep seeing the "assigns" method
> > in the "writing specs" portion of the documentation, yet I don't see
> > "assigns" in the rdoc and I can't seem to find an explicit definition
> > what it does. Would someone be able to tell me what exactly "assigns"
> > does?
>
> Assigns is a feature RSpec borrows from the regular Rails test/unit
> helpers. In a controller spec, assigns[:blah] points at the @blah instance
> variable. Useful for setting expectations on what the controller will do
> with your request.
>
> Also, this is probably better suited for the RSpec mailing list.