require File.expand_path('../../spec_helper', __FILE__) describe "The BEGIN keyword" do before :each do ScratchPad.record [] end it "runs in a shared scope" do eval("BEGIN { var_in_begin = 'foo' }; var_in_begin").should == "foo" end it "accesses variables outside the eval scope" do outside_var = 'foo' eval("BEGIN { var_in_begin = outside_var }; var_in_begin").should == "foo" end it "must appear in a top-level context" do lambda { eval "1.times { BEGIN { 1 } }" }.should raise_error(SyntaxError) end it "runs first in a given code unit" do eval "ScratchPad << 'foo'; BEGIN { ScratchPad << 'bar' }" ScratchPad.recorded.should == ['bar', 'foo'] end it "runs multiple begins in FIFO order" do eval "BEGIN { ScratchPad << 'foo' }; BEGIN { ScratchPad << 'bar' }" ScratchPad.recorded.should == ['foo', 'bar'] end end