unexpected =>, expecting '}' in rspec expect

Question

I have this code:

adapter.send(:conditions_to_fields, :user => user).should == {\'owner_id\' => user.id}

which I updated to use expect wi

Answer 1

It thinks you’re passing a block to eq, not a hash. You can solve this by using parentheses around the method arguments:

expect(adapter.foo).to eq({'owner_id' => user.id})

Answer 2

One way to overcome this is to use Hash instead of {}

e.g.

expect(adapter.send(:conditions_to_fields, :pwner => user)).to eq \
Hash('owner_id' => user.id, 'owner_type' => user.class.name)