[TIP] Functions for tests instead of classes

[Michael Foord]

On 15/03/2010 18:42, Pekka Klärck wrote:
> 2010/3/15 Michael Foord<fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>:
>    
>> On 15/03/2010 17:46, Pekka Klärck wrote:
>>      
>>> [snip...]
>>>        
>>>> Then, to retain compatibility with older versions of unittest, the
>>>> TestCase
>>>> object can contain a bunch of trivial methods like:
>>>>
>>>>    def assertEqual(self, a, b) :
>>>>       return assertEqual(a,b)
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> Yep, keeping backwards compatibility would be trivial. Are there any
>>> good reasons not to do this?
>>>
>>>        
>> Per TestCase failureException is one reason.
>>      
> How, and how often, is this functionality actually used?

It is part of the current API, so it doesn't particularly matter how 
much it is used - to change it would be a backwards incompatibility and 
have to go through the deprecation cycle.

To use it:

class TestFoo(TestCase):
failureException = MyException

self.fail() in tests now raise MyException instead of the default 
failureException which is AssertionError. Tests will now only be marked 
as a fail (rather than an error) if MyException is raised.

Also note that the class attribute longMessage is used for formatting 
failure messages - so to remain fully compatible custom assert functions 
would need access to these attributes (and any others that may be used).

> Would you be
> OK with the change if there was a way to keep it? Or could we simple
> have asserts in a separate module and not touch TestCase at all?
>
>    

You can have asserts whereever you want them. Just define them and use 
them :-)

unittest is a framework - there is absolutely *no* requirement to use 
the facilities it provides.

Michael

> Cheers,
>      .peke
>    


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