mock fails in before(:all)

[lsegal]

The following fails in rspec-2.3.0:

describe do
  before(:all) do
    @mock = mock(:foo)
    @mock.stub!(:foo).and_return(1)
  end

  it "should work" do
    @mock.foo.should == 1
  end
end

with:

undefined method `mock' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x00000101c7ed48>

Changing the before(:all) to before(:each) is a potential workaround. Is this intentional?

[dchelimsky]

Yes, this is intentional. Mocks are cleared out after every example, so setting them in before(:all) would mean that the 2nd example that runs can not access that mock any longer.