[Python-Dev] Checking in a broken test was: Re: [Python-checkins]r41940 - python/trunk/Lib/test/test_compiler.py

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> many test frameworks support "expected failures" for this purpose.
> how hard would it be to add a
> 
>     unittest.FailingTestCase
> 
> class that runs a TestCase, catches any errors in it, and signals an
> error ("test foo passed unexpectedly") if it runs cleanly ?

I don't know how hard it would be, but I would also consider this
appropriate. Of course, this should work on a case-by-case basis:
if there are multiple test methods in a class, unexpected passes
of each method should be reported.

Regards,
Martin