[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): PDB now will properly escape backslashes in the names of modules it executes.

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Dec 7 19:33:57 CET 2011


> I think we have an unwritten rule that test class and method names
> should tell something about what they test.  (We do have things like
> TestWeirdBugs and test_12345, but I don’t think it’s a useful pattern to
> follow :)

I completely disagree. test_12345 is a very good name for a test case,
in particular if it tests the value of a tau constant in the math
module. There can't be any more precise documentation of the test
purpose.

Regards,
Martin


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