On Mar 23, 3:02 ¨Βν¬ ΒςιαΓαξδμεΌβ®γαξδ®®®ΐποβοψ®γονχςοτεΊ > Luke St.Clair wrote: > > Is there some way to: > > 1) set a global variable in the "parent" test suite that the children > > see? ¨Βεενσ μιλε τθαξσχες το τθισ ισ ξο > > Shoulda sits on top of Test::Unit and may be helpful. Something like > this: > > class MyTest < Test::Unit::TestCase > context "top level" do > setup do > @stuff = ... > end > > should "test something at top level" do > assert_equal 123, @stuff.size > end > > context "inner level" do > setup do > @more_stuff = ... > end > > should "test more" do > assert_equal @stuff.size, @more_stuff.size > end > end > end > end This seems incredibly useful - unfortunately, I can't use shoulda.