[TIP] why you should distribute tests with your application / module

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Sep 16, 2008, at 2:50 PM, Kumar McMillan wrote:

> I've stated my opinion before that I think tests should be distributed
> with a python app / module and was surprised to face opposition to
> that idea.  Today, I saw one of the most succinct summaries about why
> distributing tests is such a good idea:
> http://renesd.blogspot.com/2008/09/pygametest-moving-testing-forward.html
>
> I could not have said it better myself.
>
> What do you lose by distributing tests with your package?  10k of disk
> space?  I can't think of anything else.

Even better: when your documentation is testable, why would you ever  
not include your documentation?

- -Barry

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