Alex Hunsley wrote: >Regards testing, I've been playing with both the unittest >(http://pyunit.sourceforge.net/pyunit.html) and doctest >(http://docs.python.org/lib/module-doctest.html). I was wondering what >peoples thoughts were on the effectiveness and convenience of one versus >the other. It seems to me that doctest is good for quicky and >straightforwards input/output tests for small units, whereas unittest >would be good for dynamic or complicated testing. > >Where do you seasoned pythonites see unittest and doctest in relation to >each other? Do you only use one or the other? > >ta, >alex > > >_______________________________________________ >Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > I looked at doctest and feel that it clutters the module text and so would prefer unittest but I haven't yet got to formalizing my tests in that way.
See some of the numarray source as an example of clutter. Some argue that having the examples in the source is beneficial. I agree but feel that the clutter outweighs the benefit. Colin W. Colin W. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
