On Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 1:23 AM Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 06:50:20PM -0400, David Mertz wrote:
I often use doctests to verify APIs and behaviors when I update code. I know I'm in a minority and most developers slightly disparage doctests.
I don't know why you think that "most developers" disparage doctests. Perhaps they're the same ones who think that "read the source" is all the documentation anyone needs.
I'm not talking about folks saying not to use tests at all. I've just read or heard a fair number of programmers say that doctests are not best practice, and using unittest or nose or something similar is more professional. It was an offhand content not a scientific poll. I'm delighted that you also use doctests, Steven. And if Timmy also does, I feel fully vindicated :-).