Getting uninitialized constant error when trying to run tests

Question

I just updated all my gems and I\'m finding that I\'m getting errors when trying to run Test::Unit tests. I\'m getting the error copied below. That comes from creating new,

Answer 1

This can happen if modules are declared in a single statement when the parent module they are nested inside has not yet been loaded. I haven't looked at the code in those gems, but my hunch is that's what is happening. Chuck's solution would suggest that. calling gem 'test-unit' first will load the parent module, so the setup of zen test ends up working ok.

e.g.

module Foo::Bar
  def do_stuff
    # insert awesomeness here...
  end
end

Will result in an error if the parent Foo module hasn't already been defined (e.g. by another gem)

A safer way to declare this is

module Foo
  module Bar
    def do_stuff
      # insert awesomeness here...
    end
  end
end

May be a bug in Zentest that needs patching.