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Created January 21, 2009 19:13
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# What is existence?
class Be
def initialize
end
def matches?(actual)
defined? actual
end
def failure_message
"expected the expression to exist, but it didn't"
end
def negative_failure_message
"expected the expression to not exist, but it did"
end
end
# Now you can say things like
#
# Zen.should be
#
def be
Be.new
end
# Note that if Zen does not exist, you won't get a failure message,
# you'll get an undefined constant exception. A pity.
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