[Python-Dev] setUpClass and setUpModule in unittest

[Olemis Lang]

Sorry. I had not finished the previous message

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Michael Foord
>> <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> Several
>>> authors of other Python testing frameworks spoke up *against* them, but
>>> several *users* of test frameworks spoke up in favour of them. ;-)
>>>
>>
>> +1 for having something like that included in unittest
>>
>>> I'm pretty sure I can introduce setUpClass and setUpModule without breaking
>>> compatibility with existing unittest extensions or backwards compatibility
>>> issues
>>
>> Is it possible to use the names `BeforeClass` and `AfterClass` (just
>> to be make it look similar to JUnit naming conventions ;o) ?
>>
>
> Another Q:
>
>  - class setup method will be a `classmethod` isn't it ? It should not be
>     a regular instance method because IMO it is not bound to a particular
>     `TestCase` instance.
>

  - Is it possible to rely on the fact that all class-level tear down
    methods will be guaranteed to run even if class-level setup
    method throws an exception ?

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