[Python-Dev] Proposal for Python 3.3: dependence injection

Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Thu Mar 24 17:46:42 CET 2011


2011/3/24 Jesus Cea <jcea at jcea.es>:
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> Hi, everybody.
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> I want to test the dev community interest in modifying the stdlib to
> ease dependence injection.

I, for one, am -1. Code shouldn't be uglified for the purposes of
testing. It's also a slippery slope. Maybe we should add parameters
for open() and io functions? What about sys and os? Those often need
to be mocked.



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Regards,
Benjamin


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