[Numpy-discussion] pytest and degrees of separation.

[Charles R Harris]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 1:26 AM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov>
> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Thomas Caswell <tcaswell at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> Going with option 2 is probably the best option so that you can use
>>> pytest fixtures and parameterization.
>>>
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>> I agree -- those are worth a lot!
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> Maybe I'm dense, but I don't quite see the difference between 1 and 2.
> Test files should never be imported unless tests are run, they're not part
> of any public API nor do they currently have __init__.py files.
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> Ralf
>

In practice, that would generally be true, but the nose testing tools were
1, all nose imports were buried in functions that ran during testing.
Whether or not that was by intent I don't know. But having an explicit
consensus on 2, which seems to be the case here, is helpful because it
allows better use of pytest fixtures.

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Chuck
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