[TIP] Guidelines for where to put tests & how to package them

[DICAD - Rex Turnbull]

Matt Harrison wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:01 PM, C. Titus Brown <ctb at msu.edu> wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> [snip]
> I'm guessing, if there are "data" directories needed for tests they
> should be found under test/ as well. 

our practice is to have a directory 'somepackage/tests/testdata' and 
with that, any files are prefixed with the module name and somtimes with 
reference to the test they are used for. If further structure is needed, 
it goes down from testdata. This also makes it easy to have a simple 
standard function 'get_testdata_path' that works for all packages.
(note: we use 'tests')

+somepackage
|-figure.py
|-think.py
|-+tests
|--test_figure.py
|--test_think.py
|--+testdata
|---figure.dat
|---figure.xyz
|---think_oldway.dat


Cheers,
Rex