setup do {:a => 23, :b => 43} end test "should receive the result of the setup block as a parameter" do |params| assert params == {:a => 23, :b => 43} end test "if the params are modified..." do |params| params[:a] = nil end test "...it should preserve the original values from the setup" do |params| assert 23 == params[:a] end setup do "Hello world!" end test "only the most recently defined setup block is executed" do |value| assert "Hello world!" == value end