On 2010-02-11 17:57 PM, Holger Krekel wrote:
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Robert Kern<robert.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 2010-02-11 16:20 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
Guido van Rossum<gu...@python.org> writes:
The argument that a unittest framework shouldn't be "abused" for
regression tests (or integration tests, or whatever) is also bizarre
to my mind. Surely if a testing framework applies to multiple kinds of
testing that's a good thing, not something to be frowned upon?
To my mind, an API should take a stand on the “right” way to use it,
rather than being a kitchen-sink of whatever ideas had any support.
Doing something the right way should be easy, and doing something the
wrong way should be awkward.
setUpClass and setUpModule are the "right" way to do many types of
integration and functional tests. Integration and functional tests are vital
tasks to perform, and unittest provides a good framework otherwise for
implementing such tests.
Ben just expressed his opinion about API design and you claim some
truth about testing in general.
My first sentence was about API design. My second was justification that the use
case is worth designing and API for. You can add implicit "in my opinion"s to
just about anything I say, if you wish.
--
Robert Kern
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco
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