[TIP] TAP vs subunit

[Matěj Cepl]

On 2016-05-16, 02:05 GMT, Robert Collins wrote:
> TAP is/was a very good fit for Perl, but its really awkward 
> for most
> everything else - and AFAICT it hasn't really changed to fit the more
> object orientated approach possible in other languages. Consider e.g.
> https://github.com/remko/pycotap/blob/master/pycotap/__init__.py#L132
> which doesn't provide semantic information (that the error is an
> unexpected success) to TAP consumers.

I am the author of other TAP extension to unittest 
(https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bayeux/) but I have to say, I am 
rather uneasy about the whole protocol. YAML is just awkward and
any data besides just plain Boolean pass/fail seems to be tacked 
on the top just by the finest thread.

Matěj

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