<div dir="ltr">Like you, I used nose and then switched to pytest. The reason I proposed this for unittest is because pytest and nose and (I think) most of the other testing frameworks inherit from unittest, so improving unittest has downstream benefits. I may nevertheless propose this to the pytest people if this doesn't make it into unittest.<div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 8:26 PM Chris Barker <<a href="mailto:chris.barker@noaa.gov">chris.barker@noaa.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Chris Barker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris.barker@noaa.gov" target="_blank">chris.barker@noaa.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div>anyway, that's enough ranting.....</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Got carried away with the ranting, and didn't flesh out my point.</div><div><br></div><div>My point is that unittest is a very static, not very pythonic framework -- if you are productive with it, great, but I don't think it's worth trying to add more pythonic niceties to. Chances are pytest (Or nose2?) may already have them, or, if not, the simpler structure of pytest tests make them easier to write yourself.</div><div><br></div><div>-CHB</div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">-- <br><div class="m_7291163357185673935gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br>Christopher Barker, Ph.D.<br>Oceanographer<br><br>Emergency Response Division<br>NOAA/NOS/OR&R <a href="tel:(206)%20526-6959" value="+12065266959" target="_blank">(206) 526-6959</a> voice<br>7600 Sand Point Way NE <a href="tel:(206)%20526-6329" value="+12065266329" target="_blank">(206) 526-6329</a> fax<br>Seattle, WA 98115 <a href="tel:(206)%20526-6317" value="+12065266317" target="_blank">(206) 526-6317</a> main reception<br><br><a href="mailto:Chris.Barker@noaa.gov" target="_blank">Chris.Barker@noaa.gov</a></div>
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