Hey Colin, Apologies, I missed your "First - I know about fixtures..." line :)
I'd probably +1 Gaz's macro (I've not tested it either but it looks reasonable.) On 21 May 2013 16:05, Colin Yates <colin.ya...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ulises, > > I don't think I am as that would require essentially a fixture per > distinct combinations of test state, which is almost the same number of > tests. > > Have I missed something? > > > On 21 May 2013 15:51, Ulises <ulises.cerv...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Perhaps you're looking for fixtures? >> http://thornydev.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/before-and-after-logic-in-clojuretest.html >> >> U >> >> >> On 21 May 2013 15:17, Colin Yates <colin.ya...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Howdy, >>> >>> I am using clojure.test and have some questions of how to write >>> idiomatic Clojure. This really isn't about testing at all per-se. >>> >>> First - I know about fixtures to get (at least) the same as JUnit's >>> before/after behaviour. >>> >>> My code is a bloomy. You can configure the bloomy and it does different >>> things based on that behaviour. Pretty much every test has a different >>> bloomy, *and* that bloomy must be elegantly shut down. >>> >>> How should I handle this? >>> >>> At the moment I have the most un-idiomatic way and blunt way of : >>> >>> [code] >>> (deftest my-test >>> (let [bloomy (create-a-bloomy] >>> (try >>> (do-something-with-my-bloomy) >>> (is (=....)) >>> (finally (shut-down bloomy)))) >>> [/code] >>> >>> Yep, try/finally in every test - reminds me of early JDBC libraries >>> before Spring :). If I understand it correctly, I would end up writing a >>> separate fixture for each and every test, or at least each any every unique >>> set of test context. >>> >>> I did consider writing a "(defn with-bloomy [bloomy test] (try (test) >>> (finally (shut-down bloomy))))" but I couldn't figure out how to pass my >>> bloomy into the test itself. I also received lots of "assertion not in >>> expectation" type errors. To be explicit I would use this as "(with-bloomy >>> (create-a-bloomy) (deftest...)))". >>> >>> I did consider a variation on the above of passing in a function which >>> only contained the assertions, so "(deftest my-test (let [bloomy...] >>> (with-bloomy bloomy #(is (= 1 (get-something bloomy)))))" but I also ran >>> into similar "assertion not in expectation" type errors, and the >>> indentation in emacs was insane. >>> >>> I expect a macro might be the answer? >>> >>> So, how would you solve this? >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Clojure" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com >>> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >>> your first post. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Clojure" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/clojure/Pm-DUDxWeM4/unsubscribe?hl=en. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. 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