From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2009-03-29T09:00:11+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] testy.rb - ruby testing that's mad at the world

ara.t.howard wrote:

>    . it.should.not.merely.be.a.unit.testing.with.a.clever.dsl

How about you simply let the programmer write anything they want, and then if it 
returns false or nil you rip their entire expression and report the name and 
value of every variable within it?

   assert{ foo > 41.8 and foo < 42.1 } => false

      foo => 40.9

Notice we didn't need to tell the assertion the variable's name was 'foo'. This 
rewards programmers for writing readable code. You get the maximum reflection 
for the leanest statements.

Honestly I think it's _lack_ of a nauseatingly kewt DSL that inhibits adoption 
of assert{ 2.0 }...