From: Tim Pease <tim.pease@...>
Date: 2009-05-20T03:25:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Mock a %x call

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Fernando Perez <pedrolito@lavache.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to mock such method call?
>
> I tried: Kernel.expects(:'%x').returns('whatever').
>
> But I get the following error:
> SyntaxError: compile error
> /usr/local/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mocha-0.9.5/lib/mocha/class_method.rb:40:
> syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting '\n' or ';'
> def %x(*args, &block); mocha.method_missing(:%x, *args, &block); end

The various % constructs in ruby are handled by the parser and,
therefore, cannot be mocked using method stubbing employed by mocha,
rspec mocks, et al.

Blessings,
TwP