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Could you link to any/all sources you are referring to?

I am also interested in what others have to say.

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I was surfing for how to remove an expectation from a method, so Google:

rspec how do I remove an expectation

and you will see the list of hits.

One hit is http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25308667/how-to-reset-expectations-on-a-mocked-class-method
The first comment to the question starts the conversation. The answer also implies (to my eyes) that adding expectations in a before hook should not be done.

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IMO, I think before, after, background, etc should be reserved for setting up a scenario. If you are expecting the same thing 10 times, why not make it its own test? You can add a comment where you assume that expectation to be true later one.

Do you have an example from your own work you'd like to share?

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before, after, background, etc should be reserved for setting up a scenario

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I'm not sure how much you want to see.

describe "#print" do
  let(:options) { instance_double("Options") } 
  let(:context) { 
    instance_double("Context").tap do |context|
      expect(context).to receive(:done)
      expect(context).to receive(:in_list).and_return(false)
    end
  } 

  context "with no filters" do
    it "should print but produce no output" do
      instance.print(context)
    end
  end
end

The print routine always calls in_list and done in this scenario so I put those expectations inside the let.

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