Is there a way to spec private functions?

[NobbZ]

Consider the following:

defmodule Foo
  defp bar do
    :quux
  end
end

How am I supposed to write a spec against Foo.bar? Obviously the following doesn't work:

defmodule FooSpec do
  use ESpec

  it do
    expect(Foo.bar).to be :quux
  end
end

It does fail with an UndefinedFunctionError.

[antonmi]

There is no way to access private functions in Elixir outside the module where they are defined (as in Erlang too).
But in BDD specs you should test the behavior (which is public) not details of implementation (private functions).
Read the Jose Valim answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20949358/is-there-a-way-to-test-private-functions-in-modules-in-exunit-of-elixir

[NobbZ]

OK. Im fine with that and already used to it from other languages. But
since I'm trying to use elixir for a project at university I have to test
as much as possible directly. Since it is not possible I don't have to :-D
Am 24.04.2015 11:41 schrieb "Anton Mishchuk" notifications@github.com:

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