example in docs for $controller appears wrong

[lsiden]

The docs for ngMock.$controller
give an example of it's invocation as

myMod.directive('myDirective', {
  controller: 'MyDirectiveController',
  bindToController: {
    name: '@'
  }
});
// Controller definition ...
myMod.controller('MyDirectiveController', ['log', function($log) {
  $log.info(this.name);
})];

Then,

$controller('MyDirective', { /* no locals */ }, { name: 'Clark Kent' })

But 'MyDirective' is the registered name of the directive, not the controller. Nowhere in the docs for $controller does it say that $controller will look up a controller by the name of a directive that binds to it. Is this a mistake in the docs?

[caitp]

The example is showing you how to test "bind-to-controller" stuff, without having to rely on the $compile service. This was asked for. So, if you scroll down a bit further, the entire example shows you how you can completely set up mock bindings.

The top portion of the example is referring to your application code, whereas further down, it's a simple test case which only needs to use the $controller service to get the job done.

[caitp]

although, you may be right, I can't recall if that was a typo or not, need to inspect the patch. If it is a typo, a fix is welcome

[caitp]

Yes, please send a patch to change it to $controller('MyDirectiveController', thanks!