rake DSL as it should be?

test.rake

# Tasks are defined using the DSL like this `task :name ....` 
# But for a task that execute tests I can only find this piece of code everywhere on the web

Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
  t.libs << "test"
  t.test_files = FileList['test/test*.rb']
  t.verbose = true
end

# should it not be something like this

task :test => [Rake::TestTask] do |t|
  t.libs << "test"
  t.test_files = FileList['test/test*.rb']
  t.verbose = true
end

# I would understand that. But the very different syntax used above doesn't stick in 
# my head and somehow yells at me "I don't want to be part of the DSL, I want to be Ruby".

# extracted from https://github.com/wolframkriesing/wolfram.kriesing.de/blob/use-react/content/tech.md#understanding-rake-in-order-to-keep-on-reading-objects-on-rails

Mh the 2. seems more dsl like but implies a task is created that depends on the test task, which is not the case.
Rake is a very thin DSL and task is just a constructor method. It could look more DSL like this

test_task :thing do |t|
  ...
end

But not sure how much this improves things, for me the DSL is clearer then you pass an argument to the Rake::TestTask construction.
Overall I think the approach to only use DSL where it is most obvious is kind of clever.