Rails view specs - Shouldn't a variable created with assign method be reset to nil between tests?

[Arif Bandali]

Hi all,

rspec 2.14.8

I have a view spec with 2 tests and an call to assign creates an instance variable but it does not clear before the next test begins. Shouldn't it?

The tests are in this gist, with the assign call being highlighted.

https://gist.github.com/arifb/55773c21fd8dac3a47f1#file-new-html-erb_spec-rb-L20

I would expect @beneficiary to be nil for the 2nd test however it doesn't seem to be.

Thanks!