require File.expand_path('../../spec_helper', __FILE__) describe "The '&&' statement" do it "short-circuits evaluation at the first condition to be false" do x = nil true && false && x = 1 x.should be_nil end it "evalutes to the first condition not to be true" do ("yes" && 1 && nil && true).should == nil ("yes" && 1 && false && true).should == false end it "evalutes to the last condition if all are true" do ("yes" && 1).should == 1 (1 && "yes").should == "yes" end it "evaluates the full set of chained conditions during assignment" do x, y = nil x = 1 && y = 2 # "1 && y = 2" is evaluated and then assigned to x x.should == 2 end it "treats empty expressions as nil" do (() && true).should be_nil (true && ()).should be_nil (() && ()).should be_nil end end describe "The 'and' statement" do it "short-circuits evaluation at the first condition to be false" do x = nil true and false and x = 1 x.should be_nil end it "evalutes to the first condition not to be true" do ("yes" and 1 and nil and true).should == nil ("yes" and 1 and false and true).should == false end it "evalutes to the last condition if all are true" do ("yes" and 1).should == 1 (1 and "yes").should == "yes" end it "when used in assignment, evaluates and assigns expressions individually" do x, y = nil x = 1 and y = 2 # evaluates (x=1) and (y=2) x.should == 1 end it "treats empty expressions as nil" do (() and true).should be_nil (true and ()).should be_nil (() and ()).should be_nil end end