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describe(desc, additional_desc = nil, &block) private

Describe a series of expectations for a given target desc.

TODO: find good tutorial url.

Defines a test class subclassing from either MiniTest::Spec or from the surrounding describe’s class. The surrounding class may subclass MiniTest::Spec manually in order to easily share code:

class MySpec < MiniTest::Spec
  # ... shared code ...
end

class TestStuff < MySpec
  it "does stuff" do
    # shared code available here
  end
  describe "inner stuff" do
    it "still does stuff" do
      # ...and here
    end
  end
end

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# File lib/minitest/spec.rb, line 65
  def describe desc, additional_desc = nil, &block # :doc:
    stack = MiniTest::Spec.describe_stack
    name  = [stack.last, desc, additional_desc].compact.join("::")
    sclas = stack.last || if Class === self && is_a?(MiniTest::Spec::DSL) then
                            self
                          else
                            MiniTest::Spec.spec_type desc
                          end

    cls = sclas.create name, desc

    stack.push cls
    cls.class_eval(&block)
    stack.pop
    cls
  end

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