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Kirill Smelkov
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Collin Winter
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Convert PyUnit -> unittest. Backported from r54929.
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ testing facility provided with Python; any particular test should use only
one of these options. Each option requires writing a test module using the
conventions of the selected option:
-
PyUni
t_ based tests
-
unittes
t_ based tests
- doctest_ based tests
- "traditional" Python test modules
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@@ -28,27 +28,26 @@ your test cases to exercise it more completely. In particular, you will be
able to refer to the C and Python code in the CVS repository when writing
your regression test cases.
.. _PyUnit:
.. _unittest: http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-unittest.html
.. _doctest: http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-doctest.html
PyUnit
based tests
unittest-
based tests
------------------
The
PyUni
t_ framework is based on the ideas of unit testing as espoused
The
unittes
t_ framework is based on the ideas of unit testing as espoused
by Kent Beck and the `Extreme Programming`_ (XP) movement. The specific
interface provided by the framework is tightly based on the JUnit_
Java implementation of Beck's original SmallTalk test framework. Please
see the documentation of the unittest_ module for detailed information on
the interface and general guidelines on writing
PyUnit
based tests.
the interface and general guidelines on writing
unittest-
based tests.
The test_support helper module provides two functions for use by
PyUnit
based tests in the Python regression testing framework:
unittest-
based tests in the Python regression testing framework:
- ``run_unittest()`` takes a
``unittest.TestCase`` derived class as a
parameter
and runs the tests defined in that class
- ``run_unittest()`` takes a
number of ``unittest.TestCase`` derived class as
parameter
s and runs the tests defined in those classes.
- ``run_suite()`` takes a populated ``TestSuite`` instance and runs the
tests
tests
.
``run_suite()`` is preferred because unittest files typically grow multiple
test classes, and you might as well be prepared.
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@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ and the full class name. When there's a problem with a test, the
latter information makes it easier to find the source for the test
than the docstring.
All
PyUni
t-based tests in the Python test suite use boilerplate that
All
unittes
t-based tests in the Python test suite use boilerplate that
looks like this (with minor variations)::
import unittest
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@@ -415,7 +414,7 @@ Some Non-Obvious regrtest Features
This is rarely required with the "traditional" Python tests, and
you shouldn't create a module global with name test_main unless
you're specifically exploiting this gimmick. This usage does
prove useful with
PyUni
t-based tests as well, however; defining
prove useful with
unittes
t-based tests as well, however; defining
a ``test_main()`` which is run by regrtest and a script-stub in the
test module ("``if __name__ == '__main__': test_main()``") allows
the test to be used like any other Python test and also work
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