uninitialized constant Anonymou (no s)? #44
Description
Hi,
I'm stuck trying to use an anonymous controller to test my ApplicationController. First I though it was an user error, then posted on StackOverflow, but many programmers that I consider smart took a look and no one could identify as an user error. As a last resort, I'm adding my issue here too because I'm afraid it can be an RSpec bug.
Following here is the description of my problem on SO:
I'm testing my application controller with RSpec using an anonymous controller (which I'm not sure is the standard practice, but this is what Google led me to).
This is the full RSpec with only one test, that is failing:
require "spec_helper"
shared_examples_for "normal errors for html format" do |action, expected_error|
it "raises the error" do
expect { get action}.to raise_error(expected_error)
end
end
describe ApplicationController do
controller do
def runtime_error
raise RuntimeError
end
def handable_json_error
raise ApplicationController::InvalidParams, "model"
end
end
before do
@routes.draw do
get 'anonymous/runtime_error'
get 'anonymous/handable_json_error'
end
end
describe "#handle_exceptions" do
context "when runtime error happens" do
describe "with http format" do
it_behaves_like "normal errors for html format", :runtime_error, RuntimeError
end
end
end
endAnd my spec helper:
# This file is copied to spec/ when you run 'rails generate rspec:install'
require 'simplecov'
SimpleCov.start 'rails'
ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
require 'rspec/rails'
require 'rspec/autorun'
require 'authlogic/test_case'
include Authlogic::TestCase
Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each { |f| require f }
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"
config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
config.infer_base_class_for_anonymous_controllers = true
config.order = "random"
endI noticed that the backtrace didn't even hit my controller, so I don't know if is related.
The output of RSpec with -b, to get the full trace:
rspec -b spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb
F
Failures:
1) ApplicationController#handle_exceptions when runtime error happens with http format behaves like normal errors for html format raises the error
Failure/Error: expect { get action}.to raise_error(expected_error)
expected RuntimeError, got #<NameError: uninitialized constant Anonymou> with backtrace:
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb:230:in `block in constantize'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb:229:in `each'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb:229:in `constantize'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb:54:in `constantize'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/cancan-1.6.10/lib/cancan/controller_resource.rb:147:in `resource_class'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/cancan-1.6.10/lib/cancan/controller_resource.rb:154:in `resource_class_with_parent'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/cancan-1.6.10/lib/cancan/controller_resource.rb:41:in `authorize_resource'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/cancan-1.6.10/lib/cancan/controller_resource.rb:10:in `block in add_before_filter'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:429:in `_run__1066669752__process_action__49729610__callbacks'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:405:in `__run_callback'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:385:in `_run_process_action_callbacks'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:81:in `run_callbacks'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:17:in `process_action'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_controller/metal/rescue.rb:29:in `process_action'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:30:in `block in process_action'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/notifications.rb:123:in `block in instrument'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:20:in `instrument'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/notifications.rb:123:in `instrument'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:29:in `process_action'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb:207:in `process_action'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activerecord-3.2.13/lib/active_record/railties/controller_runtime.rb:18:in `process_action'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:121:in `process'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb:45:in `process'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_controller/metal/testing.rb:17:in `process_with_new_base_test'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb:475:in `process'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb:49:in `process'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb:392:in `get'
# ./spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb:6:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-expectations-2.13.0/lib/rspec/matchers/built_in/raise_error.rb:22:in `call'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-expectations-2.13.0/lib/rspec/matchers/built_in/raise_error.rb:22:in `matches?'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-expectations-2.13.0/lib/rspec/expectations/handler.rb:23:in `handle_matcher'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-expectations-2.13.0/lib/rspec/expectations/expectation_target.rb:34:in `to'
# ./spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb:6:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:114:in `instance_eval'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:114:in `block in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/extensions/instance_eval_with_args.rb:16:in `instance_exec'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/extensions/instance_eval_with_args.rb:16:in `instance_eval_with_args'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:247:in `instance_eval_with_args'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:87:in `block (2 levels) in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:89:in `call'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:89:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:418:in `run_hook'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:329:in `run_around_each_hooks'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:256:in `with_around_each_hooks'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:111:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:390:in `block in run_examples'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:386:in `map'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:386:in `run_examples'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:371:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `block in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `map'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `block in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `map'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `block in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `map'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `block in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `map'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:28:in `block (2 levels) in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:28:in `map'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:28:in `block in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/reporter.rb:34:in `report'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:25:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:80:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:17:in `block in autorun'
Shared Example Group: "normal errors for html format" called from ./spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb:31
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-expectations-2.13.0/lib/rspec/expectations/fail_with.rb:32:in `fail_with'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-expectations-2.13.0/lib/rspec/expectations/handler.rb:33:in `handle_matcher'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-expectations-2.13.0/lib/rspec/expectations/expectation_target.rb:34:in `to'
# ./spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb:6:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:114:in `instance_eval'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:114:in `block in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/extensions/instance_eval_with_args.rb:16:in `instance_exec'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/extensions/instance_eval_with_args.rb:16:in `instance_eval_with_args'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:247:in `instance_eval_with_args'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:87:in `block (2 levels) in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:89:in `call'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:89:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:418:in `run_hook'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:329:in `run_around_each_hooks'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:256:in `with_around_each_hooks'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:111:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:390:in `block in run_examples'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:386:in `map'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:386:in `run_examples'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:371:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `block in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `map'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `block in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `map'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `block in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `map'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `block in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `map'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:372:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:28:in `block (2 levels) in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:28:in `map'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:28:in `block in run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/reporter.rb:34:in `report'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:25:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:80:in `run'
# /home/fotanus/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:17:in `block in autorun'
Finished in 0.052 seconds
1 example, 1 failure
Failed examples:
rspec ./spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb:5 # ApplicationController#handle_exceptions when runtime error happens with http format behaves like normal errors for html format raises the error
Randomized with seed 2493
Coverage report generated for RSpec to /home/fotanus/work/translation_proxy/coverage. 236 / 548 LOC (43.07%) covered.
I'm using Rails 3.2.13 and rspec 2.13.1
I haven't write Anonymou anywhere. See the following output:
grep -rin --exclude-dir=log --binary-files=text Anonymou .
./tmp/cache/assets/DE8/730/sprockets%2Fa51ac8eb9ee0a56c6c04ae1c21184baf:612: // We use an anonymous function so that context is window
./tmp/cache/assets/DE8/730/sprockets%2Fa51ac8eb9ee0a56c6c04ae1c21184baf:9800: // understands anonymous AMD modules. A named AMD is safest and most robust
./tmp/cache/assets/C8A/4B0/sprockets%2Ff16dfcb3e634f5416377592c25469801:612: // We use an anonymous function so that context is window
./tmp/cache/assets/C8A/4B0/sprockets%2Ff16dfcb3e634f5416377592c25469801:9800: // understands anonymous AMD modules. A named AMD is safest and most robust
./tmp/cache/assets/D78/320/sprockets%2F95003f96fcb4963ddf27265db635eabe:612: // We use an anonymous function so that context is window
./tmp/cache/assets/D78/320/sprockets%2F95003f96fcb4963ddf27265db635eabe:9800: // understands anonymous AMD modules. A named AMD is safest and most robust
./tmp/cache/assets/CD9/940/sprockets%2F1b1af54f9943c03a292c5d52227619dd:612: // We use an anonymous function so that context is window
./tmp/cache/assets/CD9/940/sprockets%2F1b1af54f9943c03a292c5d52227619dd:9800: // understands anonymous AMD modules. A named AMD is safest and most robust
./tmp/cache/assets/DDC/400/sprockets%2Fcffd775d018f68ce5dba1ee0d951a994:612: // We use an anonymous function so that context is window
./tmp/cache/assets/DDC/400/sprockets%2Fcffd775d018f68ce5dba1ee0d951a994:9800: // understands anonymous AMD modules. A named AMD is safest and most robust
./spec/spec_helper.rb:22: config.infer_base_class_for_anonymous_controllers = true
./spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb:23: get 'anonymous/runtime_error'
./spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb:24: get 'anonymous/handable_json_error'
What is wrong?