RSpec 'Expect' Syntax and Idiomatic attribute spec

Question

This should have an easy answer but I\'m struggling to find it (have checked RSpec documentation, EverydayRails Testing with RSpec, Google results). In my model specs I like to

Answer 1

Myron Marston, one of the core RSpec committers, explains here that you should still use

it { should be_cool }

If you've disabled the should syntax, he offers a solution to alias expect_it to it:

RSpec.configure do |c|
  c.alias_example_to :expect_it
end

RSpec::Core::MemoizedHelpers.module_eval do
  alias to should
  alias to_not should_not
end

With this in place, you could write this as:

describe User do
  expect_it { to be_valid }
end