thoughtbot/factory_girl — pull request #475 by joshuaclayton (2013-01-18 14:27:16+00:00)
Title: Evaluate sequences within the context of the Evaluator when possible

This fixes weird issues where methods invoked within sequences
(like `sprintf`) fail because these methods are being evaluated within the
context of the DefinitionProxy. With this change, invoking `#next` on a
sequence happens from the evaluator so if the scope is provided (it usually
will be), it'll run in the proper context. This means a couple of oddities are
fixed:

1. Developers can now refer to methods on the object instance, just like in
dynamic attributes:

class User
def company
# company lookup
end
end

FactoryGirl.define do
factory :user do
sequence(:job_title) {|n| "{title} #{n} at #{company.name}" }
end
end

2. Invoke methods typically available because the method is available on
Object (e.g. Kernel methods):

FactoryGirl.define do
factory :user do
sequence(:last_4_ssn) {|n| sprintf '%04d', n }
end
end

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