[TIP] alphabetical order in testing

[Olemis Lang]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Alfredo Deza <alfredodeza at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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:
>

Very bad practice ! Dependencies between test cases can lead to
fragile tests . TCs should be as isolated as possible
;o)

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Olemis.

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