Inside before :each blocks you can refer to variables that you introduce via let later on.
They do not need to be defined ahead of your before block and can be different for individual sections.
It works just like that:
describe User do
describe '#locked?' do
before :each do
subject.should_receive(:current_plan).and_return plan
end
context 'when expiring today' do
let(:plan) { stub(:expiry => Date.today) }
it 'should be false' do
subject.should_not be_locked
end
end
context 'when expired yesterday' do
let(:plan) { stub(:expiry => Date.yesterday) }
it 'should be true' do
subject.should be_locked
end
end
end
end
Note this does not work for local variables you set in your it blocks.
Posted by Arne Hartherz to makandra dev (2010-09-30 12:26)