describe :string_unpack_basic, shared: true do it "ignores whitespace in the format string" do "abc".unpack("a \t\n\v\f\r"+unpack_format).should be_an_instance_of(Array) end it "calls #to_str to coerce the directives string" do d = mock("unpack directive") d.should_receive(:to_str).and_return("a"+unpack_format) "abc".unpack(d).should be_an_instance_of(Array) end it "raises a TypeError when passed nil" do lambda { "abc".unpack(nil) }.should raise_error(TypeError) end it "raises a TypeError when passed an Integer" do lambda { "abc".unpack(1) }.should raise_error(TypeError) end end describe :string_unpack_no_platform, shared: true do it "raises an ArgumentError when the format modifier is '_'" do lambda { "abcdefgh".unpack(unpack_format("_")) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError) end it "raises an ArgumentError when the format modifier is '!'" do lambda { "abcdefgh".unpack(unpack_format("!")) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError) end end