Status: New
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Labels: Type-Enhancement Priority-Medium
New issue 1728 by saku.chy...@gmail.com: New variable scope: Child Suite
Variable
http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/issues/detail?id=1728
### Example 1. ###
Consider a suite hierarchy as follows:
test
test/__init__.robot
test/1
test/1/__init__.robot
test/1/a
test/1/a/__init__.robot
test/1/a/test_a.robot
Currently only way for test_a.robot to get variables for parent
initializations, is that the parents set the variables as global. Same
stands even for the upmost test/1/a/__init__.robot file which is at the
same level as the test/1/a/test_a.robot suite.
### Example 2. ###
Consider another hierarchy:
test
test/1
test/1/a
test/1/a/__init__.robot
test/1/a/test_a.robot
test/1/b
test/1/b/test_b.robot
Now that only way for test/1/a/test_a.robot to get the initialization data
from test/1/a/__init__.robot is by global variables, those are visible also
in the b suite test/1/b/test_b.robot. This brings further problems like:
the ***Variables*** table in the test suite B cannot override any of the
global variables set by suite A.
### Possible solution ###
There would be a need for a new variable scope, called e.g. "Child Suite
Variable" that would expose the variables only to the child suites. In
practice it would mean that
in example 1.:
Any variable set as "Child Suite Variable" in any of the 3 __init__ files
would be visible in the actual tests in the test/1/a/test_a.robot.
in example 2.:
The variables set in suite A __init__ would not be visible to suite B in
any way.
Attached an example using pybot.
BR.
-sac-
Attachments:
robot_globals_not_overridden_by_testcase_vars.tgz 521 bytes
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