eventually helper method for making assertions against asynchronous systems
# usage: | |
# it "should return a result of 5" do | |
# eventually { long_running_thing.result.should eq(5) } | |
# end | |
module AsyncHelper | |
def eventually(:options = {}) | |
timeout = options[:timeout] || 2 | |
interval = options[:interval] || 0.1 | |
time_limit = Time.now + timeout | |
loop do | |
begin | |
yield | |
rescue => error | |
end | |
return if error.nil? | |
raise error if Time.now >= time_limit | |
sleep interval | |
end | |
end | |
end | |
# Can we put this into RSpec somewhere? |
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Good point. Needs to take a nap in the loop. Updated. |
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@mattwynne Looks like there is a syntax error on line 6 with the colon. |
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Stumbled across this, and realised that the gist no more works since rspec expectation failure now subclasses from Exception rather than StandardError (rspec/rspec-expectations@eafa55d#diff-f14d34de26325e61579baa36128c97cb) Here's a fork that rescues both StandardError and RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError: |
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Wouldn't this peg the CPU and possibly starve the thing you're waiting for?