[TIP] cleanUp for unittest

[jason pellerin]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:10 PM, C. Titus Brown <ctb at msu.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 06:08:58PM +0100, Michael Foord wrote:
> -> There is a feature request for unittest that we add a 'cleanUp' list.
> ->
> -> This is a list of functions to call on exit of a test that can be added
> -> to in setUp or during test execution. The difference between this and
> -> tearDown is that if anything is in the cleanUp list they will be called
> -> *even* if setUp fails (which normally means tearDown is skipped).
> ->
> -> Is there consensus that adding this to unittest is a good thing? If
> -> there is then I will just do it...
> ->
> -> Should it be done before or after calling tearDown? I don't think it
> -> matters so long as it is documented.
>
> Doesn't matter to me, but I'm wondering... why a list of functions?

+1 cleanUp, -1 list of functions. If "override this in a subclass" is
good enough for setUp and tearDown, it's good enough for cleanUp. And
as long as I'm spouting opinions, cleanUp should run last, after
tearDown, since that gives you a chance to clean up after a failed
tearDown too.

JP