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Asked: 2026-05-20T19:00:25+00:00

I am trying an rspec test where the example looks like so: it cannot

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I am trying an rspec test where the example looks like so:

it "cannot be deleted if it has children" do
  children = generate_children
  children.each do |child|
    child.parent = @subj
    @subj.save
    child.save
    @subj.destroy.should be_false
    @subj.should have(1).error
   end
end

I get this in the backtrace:

/opt/tms/bin/jruby-1.5.1/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-expectations-2.5.0/lib/rspec/expectations/fail_with.rb:29:in `fail_with'
/opt/tms/bin/jruby-1.5.1/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-expectations-2.5.0/lib/rspec/expectations/handler.rb:21:in `handle_matcher'
/opt/tms/bin/jruby-1.5.1/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-expectations-2.5.0/lib/rspec/expectations/extensions/kernel.rb:27:in `should'
./spec/models/my_examples.rb:14
./spec/models/my_examples.rb:10:in `each'
./spec/models/my_examples.rb:10
/opt/tms/bin/jruby-1.5.1/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:49:in `instance_eval'
/opt/tms/bin/jruby-1.5.1/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:49:in `run'
/opt/tms/bin/jruby-1.5.1/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:106:in `with_around_hooks'
/opt/tms/bin/jruby-1.5.1/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:46:in `run'
/opt/tms/bin/jruby-1.5.1/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:99:in `with_pending_capture'
/opt/tms/bin/jruby-1.5.1/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:98:in `catch'
/opt/tms/bin/jruby-1.5.1/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:98:in `with_pending_capture'
/opt/tms/bin/jruby-1.5.1/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:45:in `run'
/opt/tms/bin/jruby-1.5.1/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:262:in `run_examples'
/opt/tms/bin/jruby-1.5.1/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-core-2.5.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:258:in `map'

But the test passes, although with the ugly backtrace shown above.
Any idea how I could rewrite this test / am I doing something wrong here?

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  1. Editorial Team

    line14 is the destroy-line – which is interesting.

    According to the source code, destroy doesn’t return true/false – it returns the same item (through freeze).

    I don’t think you’re expected to check if it was “true”. It’s probably failing because an frozen Active Record isn’t false… but it’s kind of a weird thing to compare with.

    Not sure how you’d go about checking it…perhaps with the equivalent of 

    lambda do @subj.destroy end.should_not change(Subject, :count).by(-1)
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