[TIP] argv with unitest

[Mag Gam]

I have tried using the
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4829 for a reference
but I am still having problems,

I think I should take couple of steps back....and write some
pseudocode for a good testing framework template.

Foo.pl -- The purpose is to to count from 1 to 100

Arguments

--help -h
--stdout -s
--stderr -e

Should raise an exception if a wrong argument was given and run a
Usage() function

I would invoke it like this:

python Foo.pl --stdout outfile --stderr errorfile

My tests would be like this:
If stdout is set, will it create a file of stdout?

If --help or -h is set the Usage() call should be called and return an
error code 1

If --help and --stdout is set --help should over ride and still return
an error code 1

How can I incorporate this to a good testing framework?


On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Mag Gam<magawake at gmail.com> wrote:
> good stuff. thanks
>
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Ben Finney<ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>> Mag Gam <magawake at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> How do I simulate argv with unittest? Is it better to place it in
>>> setUp() or somewhere else?
>>
>> This is a classic instance where the practice of unit testing encourages
>> you to design your code to be more easily tested, and hence think about
>> how your code will be more easily used from outside, and hence
>> indirectly encourages good design: narrow, well-defined interfaces.
>>
>> You should structure your program so that the “mainline code” function
>> receives the commandline arguments as its (preferably only) explicit
>> function call parameter, so that it can more easily become a component
>> in some larger system — such as your unit test suite.
>>
>> Guido van Rossum made a weblog entry on one good recipe for this
>> <URL:http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4829>, and I do
>> something similar with all my Python programs.
>>
>> --
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>> Ben Finney
>>
>>
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