require 'bigdecimal' describe "BigDecimal#coerce" do it "returns [other, self] both as BigDecimal" do one = BigDecimal("1.0") five_point_28 = BigDecimal("5.28") zero_minus = BigDecimal("-0.0") some_value = 32434234234234234234 BigDecimal("1.2").coerce(1).should == [one, BigDecimal("1.2")] five_point_28.coerce(1.0).should == [one, BigDecimal("5.28")] one.coerce(one).should == [one, one] one.coerce(2.5).should == [2.5, one] BigDecimal("1").coerce(3.14).should == [3.14, one] a, b = zero_minus.coerce(some_value) a.should == BigDecimal(some_value.to_s) b.should == zero_minus a, b = one.coerce(some_value) a.should == BigDecimal(some_value.to_s) b.to_f.should be_close(1.0, TOLERANCE) # can we take out the to_f once BigDecimal#- is implemented? b.should == one end end