RSpec.shared_examples 'Dash default handling' do |property, name = property| it 'uses the default when initializing' do expect(test.new(name => nil).public_send(property)).to eq '' end it 'allows you to set the value to nil with the hash writer' do trash = test.new(name => 'foo') trash[name] = nil expect(trash.public_send(property)).to be_nil end it 'allows you to set the value to nil with the method writer' do trash = test.new(name => 'foo') trash[name] = nil expect(trash.public_send(property)).to be_nil end it 'uses the default when updating with defaults' do trash = test.new(name => 'foo') trash.update_attributes!(name => nil) expect(trash.public_send(property)).to eq '' end end