[TIP] testing __init__

[Michael Foord]

On 10/04/2010 01:54, Alfredo Deza wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am having issues testing the constructor of a class that has a 
> try/except block.
>
> Should __init__ raise an exception so I can catch via 
> self.assertRaises to make it easier to test? Or are there other ways
> to make __init__ "testable"?
>
> What is the way you guys use the most (or like the best) for testing 
> __init__?

Well, avoiding doing things like that in constructors is one way to make 
them more testable. Another way is to factor that code into a separate 
method so that it can be stubbed out (test your constructor calls it) 
and also tested separately.

Michael

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> Thanks!
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> Alfredo Deza
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