Class methods: describe "#my_class_method" or describe "#self.my_class_method"?

Question

I try to have best-practice-conforming RSpec tests, and I know that when testing an instance method, one can do

describe "#my_instance_method" do ... end

But what about class methods? Should I add a self. to it in the description string?

describe "#self.my_class_method" do ... end

Thanks for your opinion!

Answer 1

From "How to name RSpec describe blocks for methods":

• use pound #method for instance methods
• use dot .method for class methods

In your example:

describe "#my_instance_method" do
  # ...
end
describe ".my_class_method" do 
  # ...
end

A few examples from rspec-core: for class method, for instance method