From: Tekhne <peter.havens@...>
Date: 2007-02-08T09:10:05+09:00
Subject: Accessing helper module constants in rspec contexts.

I'm trying to learn rspec, and came across something unexpected with
the following code. A little googling hasn't turned any answers up so
far...

module TestHelper
  CONSTANT = "constant"
end

context "A context" do
  include TestHelper

  specify "should allow unqualified access to included constants" do
    CONSTANT.should_eql "constant"
  end

  specify "should allow qualified access to all constants" do
    TestHelper::CONSTANT.should_eql "constant"
  end
end

...I would expect both specifications to pass since I think that's the
way Ruby itself behaves when using include (you get direct access to
constants in the local scope when included, right?), but the
unqualified specification fails. Is this a bug in rspec, a "feature"
of rspec, a mistake on my part, or something else?