[Python-Dev] Unit testing (again)

[Fredrik Lundh]

Jeremy wrote:
> I know that Quixote uses test cases in strings, but it's the thing I
> like the least about Quixote unittest

like whitespace indentation, it's done that way for a reason.

> I'm not sure how to achieve this or why you would want the test to
> continue.

same reason you want your compiler to report more than just the
first error -- so you can see patterns in the test script's behaviour,
so you can fix more than one bug at a time, or fix the bugs in an
order that suits you and not the framework, etc.

(for some of our components, we're using a framework that can
continue to run the test even if the tested program dumps core.
trust me, that has saved us a lot of time...)

> After the first exception, something is broken and needs to be
> fixed, regardless of whether subsequent lines of code work. 

jeremy, that's the kind of comment I would have expected from a
manager, not from a programmer who has done lots of testing.

Cheers /F