test($interpolate): add a test to address Igor's first concern

which is point angular#1 in this PR comment angular#4556 (comment)
also merged Igor's first code review IgorMinar@784dd4e

Author: rodyhaddad

src/ng/interpolate.js

@@ -169,57 +169,62 @@ function $InterpolateProvider() {
       if (!mustHaveExpression  || hasInterpolation) {
         var concat = new Array(parts.length),
             expressions = {};
-        forEach(parts, function (value, index) {
+
+        forEach(parts, function(value, index) {
           if (isFunction(value)) {
             expressions[index] = value;
             concat[index] = '';
           } else {
             concat[index] = value;
           }
         });
+
         // computes all the interpolations and returns the resulting string
-        // a specific index might already be computed (cz of the scope's dirty-checking),
+        // a specific index might already be computed (thanks to the scope's dirty-checking),
         // and so its expression shouldn't be executed a 2nd time
         // also populates the lastValues of custom watchers for internal dirty-checking
-        var getTextValue = function (scope, computedIndex, computedValue, lastValues) {
+        var getConcatValue = function(scope, computedIndex, computedValue, lastValues) {
           try {
-            forEach(expressions, function (expression, index) {
-              concat[index] = index == computedIndex
+
+            forEach(expressions, function(expression, index) {
+              concat[index] = (index === computedIndex)
                   ? computedValue
                   : getStringValue(expression(scope));
 
               if (lastValues) lastValues[index] = concat[index];
             });
             return concat.join('');
-          }
-          catch(err) {
+
+          } catch(err) {
             var newErr = $interpolateMinErr('interr', "Can't interpolate: {0}\n{1}", text,
                 err.toString());
             $exceptionHandler(newErr);
           }
         };
-        var getStringValue = function (value) {
+
+        var getStringValue = function(value) {
           value = trustedContext
               ? $sce.getTrusted(trustedContext, value)
               : $sce.valueOf(value);
 
-          if (value === null || isUndefined(value)) {
+          if (value == null) {
             return '';
           }
           return isString(value) ? value : toJson(value);
         };
 
         fn = function(scope) {
-          return getTextValue(scope);
+          // we don't want others to be able to pass more than the first argument
+          return getConcatValue(scope);
         };
         fn.exp = text;
         fn.parts = parts;
 
         // watches each interpolation separately for performance
-        fn.$$beWatched = function (scope, origListener, objectEquality) {
+        fn.$$beWatched = function(scope, origListener, objectEquality) {
           var lastTextValue, lastValues = {}, watchersRm = [];
 
-          forEach(expressions, function (expression, index) {
+          forEach(expressions, function(expression, index) {
             watchersRm.push(scope.$watch(function watchInterpolatedExpr(scope) {
               try {
                 return getStringValue(expression(scope));
@@ -241,7 +246,7 @@ function $InterpolateProvider() {
               // and ignore it when the listener of `b` gets triggered
               // (unless the value of `b` changes again since the last computation)
               if (value !== lastValues[index]) {
-                var textValue = getTextValue(scope, index, value, lastValues);
+                var textValue = getConcatValue(scope, index, value, lastValues);
                 origListener.call(this, textValue,
                   value === oldValue ? textValue : lastTextValue, scope);
                 lastTextValue = textValue;

test/ng/interpolateSpec.js

@@ -318,6 +318,41 @@ describe('$interpolate', function() {
       });
       expect(nbCalls).toBe(4);
     }));
-  })
+
+    it('should call the listener only once per whole text change', inject(function ($rootScope, $interpolate) {
+      var nbCalls = 0, value;
+      $rootScope.$watch($interpolate("{{a}}-{{b}}"), function (_value){
+        nbCalls++;
+        value = _value;
+      });
+
+      $rootScope.$apply();
+      expect(nbCalls).toBe(1);
+      expect(value).toBe('-');
+
+      $rootScope.$apply('a=1;b=1');
+      expect(nbCalls).toBe(2);
+      expect(value).toBe('1-1');
+
+      // one changes
+      $rootScope.$apply('a=2');
+      expect(nbCalls).toBe(3);
+      expect(value).toBe('2-1');
+
+      $rootScope.$apply('b=2');
+      expect(nbCalls).toBe(4);
+      expect(value).toBe('2-2');
+
+      // both change
+      $rootScope.$apply('a=3;b=3');
+      expect(nbCalls).toBe(5);
+      expect(value).toBe('3-3');
+
+      // nothing changes
+      $rootScope.$apply();
+      expect(nbCalls).toBe(5);
+      expect(value).toBe('3-3');
+    }));
+  });
 
 });