I tend to have macros for different types of setup/teardowns.  Mostly
because clojure.test fixtures always want to wrap *every* test in a file.

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Colin Yates <colin.ya...@gmail.com> wrote:

> No worries ;)
>
>
> On 21 May 2013 17:18, Ulises <ulises.cerv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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?
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