From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2008-08-12T12:11:43+09:00
Subject: Re: [Q] statemachine gem and unit testing

On Aug 11, 2008, at 9:37 PM, Chuck Remes wrote:

> I've been using the statemachine gem [1] to build out some finite  
> state machines for some work I am doing.

This is an absolutely excellent point you have raised about a very  
real problem.  I totally confess that I'm just throwing out an idea  
here, so feel free to ignore this if it's unhelpful.

You did say the statemachine is for some work.  I'm wondering if it  
would be possible to test that outer layer, the real work.  The  
statemachine is just an implementation detail anyway, right?  I mean,  
maybe it would be hard, but you could probably replace it with a  
different strategy.  As long as the work still got done, of course.   
Can you test that?

Good luck with your problem?

James Edward Gray II