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

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "Fredrik" == Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> writes:

    Fredrik> many test frameworks support "expected failures" for this
    Fredrik> purpose.  how hard would it be to add a

    Fredrik>     unittest.FailingTestCase

    Fredrik> class that runs a TestCase, catches any errors in it, and
    Fredrik> signals an error ("test foo passed unexpectedly") if it
    Fredrik> runs cleanly ?

One can do even better than that.  unittest.FailingTestCase should
(except possibly for platform dependencies) know _how_ the TestCase is
expected to fail.  You also want to know if the error changes.


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