= RSpec and Ruby 1.9 RSpec runs on Ruby 1.9.1 with the following caveats. == Test::Unit RSpec/Test::Unit interop will run with the test-unit-1.2.3 gem, but you must install it. == Class Variables Due to changes in scoping rules, class variables within example groups are not supported in Ruby 1.9. describe "a class variable" do @@class_variable = "a class variable" it "can access class variables in examples in Ruby 1.8" do with_ruby 1.8 do @@class_variable.should == "a class variable" end end it "can NOT access class variables in examples in Ruby 1.9" do with_ruby 1.9 do lambda do @@class_variable.should == "a class variable" end.should raise_error(NameError) end end end