require_relative '../../spec_helper' require_relative 'fixtures/classes' describe "Kernel#instance_variable_set" do it "sets the value of the specified instance variable" do class Dog def initialize(p1, p2) @a, @b = p1, p2 end end Dog.new('cat', 99).instance_variable_set(:@a, 'dog').should == "dog" end it "sets the value of the instance variable when no instance variables exist yet" do class NoVariables; end NoVariables.new.instance_variable_set(:@a, "new").should == "new" end it "raises a NameError exception if the argument is not of form '@x'" do class NoDog; end lambda { NoDog.new.instance_variable_set(:c, "cat") }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError exception if the argument is an invalid instance variable name" do class DigitDog; end lambda { DigitDog.new.instance_variable_set(:"@0", "cat") }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError when the argument is '@'" do class DogAt; end lambda { DogAt.new.instance_variable_set(:"@", "cat") }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a TypeError if the instance variable name is a Fixnum" do lambda { "".instance_variable_set(1, 2) }.should raise_error(TypeError) end it "raises a TypeError if the instance variable name is an object that does not respond to to_str" do class KernelSpecs::A; end lambda { "".instance_variable_set(KernelSpecs::A.new, 3) }.should raise_error(TypeError) end it "raises a NameError if the passed object, when coerced with to_str, does not start with @" do class KernelSpecs::B def to_str ":c" end end lambda { "".instance_variable_set(KernelSpecs::B.new, 4) }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "raises a NameError if pass an object that cannot be a symbol" do lambda { "".instance_variable_set(:c, 1) }.should raise_error(NameError) end it "accepts as instance variable name any instance of a class that responds to to_str" do class KernelSpecs::C def initialize @a = 1 end def to_str "@a" end end KernelSpecs::C.new.instance_variable_set(KernelSpecs::C.new, 2).should == 2 end describe "on frozen objects" do before :each do klass = Class.new do attr_reader :ivar def initialize @ivar = :origin end end @frozen = klass.new.freeze end it "keeps stored object after any exceptions" do lambda { @frozen.instance_variable_set(:@ivar, :replacement) }.should raise_error(Exception) @frozen.ivar.should equal(:origin) end it "raises a #{frozen_error_class} when passed replacement is identical to stored object" do lambda { @frozen.instance_variable_set(:@ivar, :origin) }.should raise_error(frozen_error_class) end it "raises a #{frozen_error_class} when passed replacement is different from stored object" do lambda { @frozen.instance_variable_set(:@ivar, :replacement) }.should raise_error(frozen_error_class) end end end