From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2007-07-23T05:05:44+09:00
Subject: Re: "require" in unit test not returning true or false


On Jul 22, 2007, at 11:24 , Jesper R�nn-Jensen wrote:

> I have a test file in my project to test dependencies to ruby gems,
> arranged like this:
>
> class DependenciesTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
>
>   def test_hpricot_should_exist
>     actual = require 'hpricot'
>     assert_equal(true, actual)
>   end

Look... I'm a testing _freak_ and even I don't do this...

First off, you dunno if you're using the REAL require or someone's  
override.

Second, you're not _actually_ testing require, so why bother?

If you want to have a quick and easy way to determine that a project  
has all the dependencies it needs, that seems better placed in the  
project's rakefile or somesuch.