How to include unit tests in a ruby module?

Question

I\'m trying to include the unit tests for a module in the same source file as the module itself, following the Perl modulino model.

#! /usr/bin/env ruby

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Answer 1

Personally I've never heard of anyone trying to do this in Ruby. It's definitely not a standard practice. That said you may be able to leverage this trick:

if __FILE__ == $0
  # Do something.. run tests, call a method, etc. We're direct.
end

The code in the if block will only execute if the file is executed directly, not if it's required by another library or application.

More ruby tricks here: http://www.rubyinside.com/21-ruby-tricks-902.html