Provides a simple set of guards that you can use in your tests to skip execution if it is not applicable. These methods are mixed into TestCase as both instance and class methods so you can use them inside or outside of the test methods.
def test_something_for_mri skip "bug 1234" if jruby? # ... end if windows? then # ... lots of test methods ... end
Is this running on jruby?
# File minitest/unit.rb, line 1122 def jruby? platform = RUBY_PLATFORM "java" == platform end
Is this running on mri?
# File minitest/unit.rb, line 1138 def mri? platform = RUBY_DESCRIPTION /^ruby/ =~ platform end
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