Stackoverflow question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21154941/specs2-after-method-runs-before-the-example/21223797?noredirect=1#comment31984520_21223797

gistfile1.scala

class TestSpec extends Specification {
  "example" in new Context {
    "example".pp
    ok
  }

  trait Context extends Around {
    def before = "before".pp
    def after = {
      "after".pp
      barReader
    }

    var barReader: BarReader = _

    lazy val bar = barReader.someBar

    def around[T : AsResult](t: =>T) = {
      try {
        before
        AsResult.effectively(t)
      } finally after
    }

  }

  trait BarReader {
    def someBar: Bar
  }
  trait Bar
}