"Fredrik Lundh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Nick Coghlan wrote:
>
>>> One thing that actually can motivate that test_subprocess takes 20% of the
>>> overall time is that this test is a good generic Python stress test - this
>>> test might catch some other startup race condition, for example.
>>
>> test_decimal has a short version which tests basic functionality and always
>> runs, but
>> enabling -udecimal also runs the specification tests (which take a fair bit
>> longer).
>>
>> So keeping the basic subprocess tests unconditional, and running the long
>> ones only if -uall
>> or -usubprocess are given would seem reasonable.
>
> does anyone ever use the -u options when running tests?
Yes, occasionally. Esp. with test_compiler a testall run is an
overnight job but I try to do it every now and again.
Cheers,
mwh
--
If design space weren't so vast, and the good solutions so small a
portion of it, programming would be a lot easier.
-- maney, comp.lang.python
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