[TIP] alphabetical order in testing

[Alfredo Deza]

Hi

I am aware that test methods are executed in alphabetical order.

What would be the ideal/preferable way of dealing with methods that depend
in the order they are being executed?

Given that:

class TestFiles(unittest.TestCase):
>
>     def test_second_file(self):
>         """I depend on z_file"""
>
>     def test_z_file(self):
>         """I should run before second_file"""
>


Would it be OK to alter the naming in the methods to make sure they are run
in the order I need to? Even if the naming gets really weird like:

def test_a_z_file(self)
>

Or is there a different/better way to do this? I am thinking something like
breaking the above example in 2 different classes and creating the setUp()
and tearDown() methods for each, but wouldn't that be a little redundant?

Thanks again for the help!


-- 
Alfredo Deza
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