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# ruby/spec
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ruby/spec (https://github.com/ruby/spec/) is
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a test suite for the Ruby language.
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Once a month, @eregon merges the in-tree copy under spec/rubyspec
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with the upstream repository, preserving the commits and history.
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The same happens for other implementations such as JRuby and TruffleRuby.
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Feel welcome to modify the in-tree spec/rubyspec.
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This is the purpose of the in-tree copy,
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to facilitate contributions to ruby/spec for MRI developers.
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New features, additional tests for existing features and
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regressions tests are all welcome in ruby/spec.
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There is very little behavior that is implementation-specific,
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as in the end user programs tend to rely on every behavior MRI exhibits.
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In other words: If adding a spec might reveal a bug in
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another implementation, then it is worth adding it.
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Currently, the only module which is MRI-specific is `RubyVM`.
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## Runing ruby/spec
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To run all specs:
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```bash
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make test-rubyspec
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```
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Extra arguments can be added via `MSPECOPT`.
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For instance, to show the help:
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```bash
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make test-rubyspec MSPECOPT=-h
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```
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You can also run the specs in parallel, which is currently experimental.
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It takes around 10s instead of 60s on a quad-core laptop.
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```bash
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make test-rubyspec MSPECOPT=-j
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```
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To run a specific test, add its path to the command:
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```bash
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make test-rubyspec MSPECOPT=spec/rubyspec/language/for_spec.rb
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```
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If ruby trunk is your current `ruby` in `$PATH`, you can also run `mspec` directly:
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```bash
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# change ruby to trunk
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ruby -v # => trunk
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spec/mspec/bin/mspec spec/rubyspec/language/for_spec.rb
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```
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## ruby/spec and test/
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The main difference between a "spec" under spec/rubyspec and
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a test under test/ is that specs are documenting what they test.
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This is extremely valuable when reading these tests, as it
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helps to quickly understand what specific behavior is tested,
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and how a method should behave. Basic English is fine for spec descriptions.
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Specs also tend to have few expectations (assertions) per spec,
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as they specify one aspect of the behavior and not everything at once.
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Beyond that, the syntax is slightly different but it does the same thing:
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`assert_equal 3, 1+2` is just `(1+2).should == 3`.
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Example:
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```ruby
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describe "The for expression" do
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it "iterates over an Enumerable passing each element to the block" do
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j = 0
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for i in 1..3
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j += i
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end
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j.should == 6
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end
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end
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```
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For more details, see spec/rubyspec/CONTRIBUTING.md.
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