"Dieter Maurer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ross Patterson wrote at 2008-11-3 16:04 -0800: >> ... >>If memory serves, a *functional* test fixture calls the Zope publisher >>when a testbrowser request is made. The publisher opens a new >>transaction, as it should. > > Really? > > When I wrote a functional test browser (years before "zope3"), > I emulated the Zope publisher rather than calling it directly > in order to have control how transactions are handled. > > Especially, I used subtransactions instead of top level transactions > to avoid the bug reported by Peter.
I'm not completely sure, but I'm *pretty* sure. I remember stepping through the code before and seeing a new transaction start. As for "as it should", it just seems reasonable to me that a functional test fixture would try to use the real application behavior as much as possible. Ross _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
