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# What I have to do now
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it 'should make a call to mymethod' do
  val = SomeClass.mymethod('arg')
  SomeClass.should_receive(:mymethod).with('arg').once.and_return(val)
  post :create
end
 
# Results in error when later code in the run tries to act on the
# results of the now-stubbed method.
 
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# What I want to do
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it 'should make a call to mymethod' do
  SomeClass.should_receive(:mymethod).with('arg').once.and_return_as_normal
  post :create
end