twilio_stub.rb

# As soon as #account returns, cls stops existing because it's a local
# so you call .calls on the returned object, which attemts to return a
# non-existant local variable. In javascript/lisp/etc cls would be retained
# in a closure. 
class BrokenMockTwilioClient
  def account
    act = Object.new
    cls = Object.new
    
    def cls.create(opts={})
      nil
    end
    
    def act.calls
      cls
    end

    act
  end


# Instead, I have to create the cls object on the fly in the
# calls method that is defined on the account stub object
class WorkingMockTwilioClient

  # this is so hacky
  def account
    act = Object.new

    # WHAT HAVE I DONE
    # I hate myself
    def act.calls

      # OH GOD WHY
      cls = Object.new

      def cls.create(opts={})
        nil
      end

      cls
    end

    act
  end