The stack level is too deep in the_missing method
I have the following Ruby method that specifies the RSpec stack level too strongly, and I'm not sure why - any help is greatly appreciated!
def method_missing(method_name, *args)
full_method_name = "#{self.class.to_s.downcase}_#{method_name.to_s}"
respond_to(:full_method_name) ? send(:full_method_name, @options) : super
end
When you run into an error stack level too deep
, it usually means that you have incorrectly written your invariant for the recursive method, and the ruby gets stuck recursively by calling the specified method ad infinitum, filling the memory allocated for the stack.
TL; DR; It's an endless loop.
What happens to you, except that you don't recursively call method_missing
explicitly, you call it implicitly. You probably have a method call in method_missing
that doesn't exist . Check the existence of this method.
In particular, the method respond_to
doesn't exist, I think you mean respond_to?
.
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