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Title: Make unittest.TestCase easier to subclass
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Status: closed Resolution: accepted
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Assigned To: Nosy List: collinwinter, georg.brandl, gvanrossum (3)
Priority: normal Keywords patch

Created on 2005-12-22 14:56 by collinwinter, last changed 2006-01-20 17:55 by georg.brandl.

Files
File name Uploaded Description Edit Remove
unittest.py.patch collinwinter, 2005-12-22 14:56 Patch against unittest.py, r41775
before.py collinwinter, 2005-12-22 14:57 My subclass, before the patch to unittest.TestCase
after.py collinwinter, 2005-12-22 14:57 My subclass, after the patch to unittest.TestCase
Messages (3)
msg49214 - (view) Author: Collin Winter (collinwinter) Date: 2005-12-22 14:56 
While working on a subclass of unittest.TestCase to
support TODO-tests, I found a large number of
__-prefixed attributes in TestCase. The presence of
these attributes (and methods) meant that I had to copy
them over to my new subclass to make python happy.

The attached patch converts these __-prefixed
attributes to _-prefixed attributes, making it much
simpler to subclass TestCase. The patch is against
unittest.py from SVN revision 41775.

Also attached are "before" and "after" versions of my
subclass showing the impact of the patch.
msg49215 - (view) Author: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum) Date: 2005-12-31 00:50 
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While I haven't reviewed the code, I am +1 on the intent of
the patch. Subclassing TestCase (and other unittest
classes!) is often a pain due to too much abstraction.

(In retrospect, unittest.py is really way too close a
translation of the Java junit package.  Too bad.)
msg49216 - (view) Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) Date: 2006-01-20 17:55 
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Patch looks good and does no harm. Committed revisions
42115, 42116 (2.4).
History
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