# File lib/rspec/core/rake_task.rb, line 112
      def initialize(*args)
        @name = args.shift || :spec
        @pattern, @rcov_path, @rcov_opts, @ruby_opts, @rspec_opts = nil, nil, nil, nil, nil
        @warning, @rcov = false, false
        @verbose, @fail_on_error = true, true

        yield self if block_given?

        @rcov_path  ||= 'rcov'
        @rspec_path ||= 'rspec'
        @pattern    ||= './spec{,/*/**}/*_spec.rb'

        desc("Run RSpec code examples") unless ::Rake.application.last_comment

        task name do
          RakeFileUtils.send(:verbose, verbose) do
            if files_to_run.empty?
              puts "No examples matching #{pattern} could be found"
            else
              begin
                puts spec_command if verbose
                success = system(spec_command)
              rescue
                puts failure_message if failure_message
              end
              raise("#{spec_command} failed") if fail_on_error unless success
            end
          end
        end
      end