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Re: unit testing class hierarchies

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On 02/10/2012 19:06, Demian Brecht wrote:
> Am I missing something? Is there something that wasn't answered by my reply
> about using mixins?
>
> from unittest import TestCase
>
> class SharedTestMixin(object):
>      def test_shared(self):
>          self.assertNotEquals('foo', 'bar')
>
> class TestA(TestCase, SharedTestMixin):
>      def test_a(self):
>          self.assertEquals('a', 'a')
>
> class TestB(TestCase, SharedTestMixin):
>      def test_b(self):
>          self.assertEquals('b', 'b')
>
> $ nosetests test.py -v
> test_a (test.TestA) ... ok
> test_shared (test.TestA) ... ok
> test_b (test.TestB) ... ok
> test_shared (test.TestB) ... ok
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ran 4 tests in 0.001s
>
> OK
>
> This seems to be a clear answer to the problem that solves the original
> requirements without introducing error-prone, non-obvious solutions.
>
>
>

Peter Otten's response is obviously vastly superior to yours, 4 tests in 
0.000s compared to your highly inefficient 4 tests in 0.001s :)

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.

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unit testing class hierarchies Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-10-02 14:27 +0200
  Re: unit testing class hierarchies Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2012-10-02 07:05 -0700
  Re: unit testing class hierarchies Thomas Bach <thbach@students.uni-mainz.de> - 2012-10-02 16:06 +0200
    Re: unit testing class hierarchies Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-10-02 17:24 +0200
    Re: unit testing class hierarchies Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-10-02 18:54 +0200
      Re: unit testing class hierarchies Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-10-02 19:38 +0200
      Re: unit testing class hierarchies Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-02 19:41 +0100
      Re: unit testing class hierarchies Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-10-03 08:30 +1000
        Re: unit testing class hierarchies Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-03 01:20 +0000
          Re: unit testing class hierarchies Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2012-10-03 10:33 +0100
          Re: unit testing class hierarchies Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-03 16:14 -0400
  Re: unit testing class hierarchies Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-10-02 16:32 +0200
  Re: unit testing class hierarchies Fayaz Yusuf Khan <fayaz@dexetra.com> - 2012-10-02 20:35 +0530
  Re: unit testing class hierarchies Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-10-02 19:40 +0200
    Re: unit testing class hierarchies Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-10-02 19:46 -0400

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