Hi,

In <03af6afa-9ba0-4124-bc2b-185f907c24f7 / a5g2000pre.googlegroups.com>
  "Re: Test::Unit - same test, different "args"" on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:51:52 +0900,
  "Luke St.Clair" <secureboot / gmail.com> wrote:

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>> Luke St.Clair wrote:
>> > Is there some way to:
>> > 1) set a global variable in the "parent" test suite that the children
>> > see?  ¨Âååíó ìéëå ôèáîó÷åò ôï ôèéó éó îï
>>
>> 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.

Test::Unit 2.x also supports that usage with natural Ruby
syntax:

  # From http://test-unit.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk/sample/test_user.rb

  class UserTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
    def setup
      @user = "me"
    end

    def test_full_name
      assert_equal("me", @user)
    end

    class ProfileTest < UserTest
      setup
      def setup_profile
        @user += ": profile"
      end

      def test_has_profile
        assert_match(/: profile/, @user)
      end
    end
  end


Thanks,
--
kou