[py-dev] Fwd: Speed of py.test compared to unittest

[Pierre Rouleau]

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From: Pierre Rouleau <prouleau001 at gmail.com>
Date: Nov 14, 2006 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [py-dev] Speed of py.test compared to unittest
To: Maciek Fijałkowski <fijal at genesilico.pl>


On 11/14/06, Maciek Fijałkowski <fijal at genesilico.pl> wrote:
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> Sure. Please do.
>
Oh, also, as far as startup time is concerned, even though the startup
time might be constant, a larger startup time will mask differences in
execution time of the code under test.  Since a unit test system
should optimally be used during development, a startup time close to 0
will show timing impact of the code being tested as it is being
modified.  And this might be useful during development (even though
you might want to measure performance of the module being developed
using other tools).