ParseError when Feature file contains docstring

[Mieczysław Daniel Dyba]

Hello,

I ran into this error when I wrote a feature file that included docstrings:

$ bin/rake spinach

/Users/danieldyba/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/bin/ruby -S spinach

/Users/danieldyba/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/racc/parser.rb:351:in `on_error':  (Racc::ParseError)

parse error on value "\"\"\"" (TEXT)

from (eval):3:in `_racc_do_parse_c'

from (eval):3:in `do_parse'

from /Users/danieldyba/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gherkin-ruby-0.3.0/lib/gherkin_ruby/parser/lexer.rb:31:in `scan_str'

from gherkin.y:107:in `parse'

from /Users/danieldyba/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gherkin-ruby-0.3.0/lib/gherkin_ruby.rb:8:in `parse'

from /Users/danieldyba/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/spinach-0.8.2/lib/spinach/parser.rb:39:in `parse'

from /Users/danieldyba/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/spinach-0.8.2/lib/spinach/runner.rb:75:in `block in run'

from /Users/danieldyba/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/spinach-0.8.2/lib/spinach/runner.rb:72:in `each'

from /Users/danieldyba/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/spinach-0.8.2/lib/spinach/runner.rb:72:in `run'

from /Users/danieldyba/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/spinach-0.8.2/lib/spinach/cli.rb:27:in `run'

from /Users/danieldyba/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/spinach-0.8.2/bin/spinach:15:in `<top (required)>'

from /Users/danieldyba/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/bin/spinach:23:in `load'

from /Users/danieldyba/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/bin/spinach:23:in `<main>'

rake aborted!

Command failed with status (1): [/Users/danieldyba/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p3...]

Tasks: TOP => spinach

(See full trace by running task with --trace)

Here is sample code that triggered this error:

Feature: Display titles on static pages

  Scenario: Visiting the home page

    When I visit the home page

    Then the page should have the title:

      """

      Ruby on Rails Tutorial

      """

  Scenario: Visiting the about page

    When I visit the about page

    Then the page should have the title:

      """

      Ruby on Rails Tutorial | About

      """

  

  Scenario: Visiting the help page

    When I visit the help page

    Then the page should have the title:

      """

      Ruby on Rails Tutorial | Help

      """

Has anyone encountered this error before? I feel like I'm missing something simple here.

[Mieczysław Daniel Dyba]

It looks like Spinach runs on gherkin-ruby, which doesn't support docstrings:

https://github.com/codegram/gherkin-ruby/issues/20

Bummer.