I've been writing tests for some Angular components, using a syntax that I found on google a while ago:
 describe('Directive: myDir', function () {
     beforeEach(module('myApp'));
     beforeEach(module('app/views/my_template.html'));
     beforeEach(inject(function ($rootScope, _$compile_, $templateCache) {
         $templateCache.put('views/my_template.html', $templateCache.get('app/views/my_template.html'));
         var scope, $compile;
         scope = $rootScope;
         $compile = _$compile_;
         element = angular.element("<div my-dir class='my-dir'></div>");
     }));
     it('does things', function () {
         $compile(element)(scope);
         scope.$digest();
     });
 });
My question is specifically about the injection of _$compile_. How is it different from just $compile. Why would I need to do it this way? Why does $compile get redefined, why can't I simply compile with a $compile I inject?