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Nicolai Hess

about should:raise: and should:raise:description

from the usecase of

self should:[some operation] raise: AnException description: ' a Text'

I would expect that the test asserter would compare ' a Text' with the

description of the exception raised.

But it does not happen.

All this test cases succeed, even if the description is different from the

actual exception message.

Is this a bug or is the description text only used as a description

for failing tests?

nicolai

Sven Van Caekenberghe-2

Re: about should:raise: and should:raise:description

> On 27 Jul 2015, at 00:15, Nicolai Hess <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> from the usecase of
>
> self should:[some operation] raise: AnException description: ' a Text'
>
> I would expect that the test asserter would compare ' a Text' with the
> description of the exception raised.
> But it does not happen.
> All this test cases succeed, even if the description is different from the
> actual exception message.
> Is this a bug or is the description text only used as a description
> for failing tests?

I would guess the latter, from other 'description' use in assertions.

>
> nicolai

NorbertHartl

Re: about should:raise: and should:raise:description

In reply to this post by Nicolai Hess

> Am 27.07.2015 um 00:15 schrieb Nicolai Hess <[hidden email]>:
>
> from the usecase of
>
> self should:[some operation] raise: AnException description: ' a Text'
>
> I would expect that the test asserter would compare ' a Text' with the
> description of the exception raised.
> But it does not happen.
> All this test cases succeed, even if the description is different from the
> actual exception message.
> Is this a bug or is the description text only used as a description
> for failing tests?

description is only displayed if a test fails. It is just to give more context to assertion that failed

Norbert

Nicolai Hess

Re: about should:raise: and should:raise:description

2015-07-27 8:21 GMT+02:00 Norbert Hartl <[hidden email]>:

> Am 27.07.2015 um 00:15 schrieb Nicolai Hess <[hidden email]>:
>
> from the usecase of
>
> self should:[some operation] raise: AnException description: ' a Text'
>
> I would expect that the test asserter would compare ' a Text' with the
> description of the exception raised.
> But it does not happen.
> All this test cases succeed, even if the description is different from the
> actual exception message.
> Is this a bug or is the description text only used as a description
> for failing tests?

description is only displayed if a test fails. It is just to give more context to assertion that failed

Ok, that makes sense.

Thanks.

Norbert