Enhance the test "some string" method to support creating 'pending' tests.

If no block is provided to the test method, a default test will be generated which simply flunks.  This makes it easy for you to generate a list of what you intend to do, then flesh it out with actual tests.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/test_case.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/test_case.rb
index 0f531b0c79..197e73b3e8 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/test_case.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/test_case.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ module ActiveSupport
       test_name = "test_#{name.gsub(/\s+/,'_')}".to_sym
       defined = instance_method(test_name) rescue false
       raise "#{test_name} is already defined in #{self}" if defined
-      define_method(test_name, &block)
+      if block_given?
+        define_method(test_name, &block)
+      else
+        define_method(test_name) do
+          flunk "No implementation provided for #{name}"
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end