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Re: unittest weirdness

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On 03/11/2014 08:36 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 3/11/2014 6:13 PM, John Gordon wrote:
>> In <mailman.8062.1394573210.18130.python-list@python.org> Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> writes:
>>
>>>           if missing:
>>>               raise ValueError('invoices %r missing from batch' % missing)
>>
>> It's been a while since I wrote test cases, but I recall using the assert*
>> methods (assertEqual, assertTrue, etc.) instead of raising exceptions.
>> Perhaps that's the issue?
>
> Yes. I believe the methods all raise AssertionError on failure, and the test methods are wrapped with try:.. except
> AssertionError as err:
>
>     if missing:
>       raise ValueError('invoices %r missing from batch' % missing)
>
> should be "assertEqual(missing, [], 'invoices missing from batch')" and if that fails, the non-empty list is printed
> along with the message.

I've tried it both ways, and both ways my process is being killed, presumably by the O/S.

I will say it's an extra motivating factor to have few failing tests -- if more than two of my tests fail, all I see are 
'.'s, 'E's, and 'F's, with no clues as to which test failed nor why.  Thank goodness for '-v' and being able to specify 
which method of which class to run!

--
~Ethan~

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unittest weirdness Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-03-11 13:58 -0700
  Re: unittest weirdness John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-03-11 22:13 +0000
    Re: unittest weirdness Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-03-11 15:29 -0700
    Re: unittest weirdness Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-03-11 23:36 -0400
    Re: unittest weirdness Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-03-12 03:03 -0700
      Re: unittest weirdness Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-03-12 09:44 -0400
        Re: unittest weirdness Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-03-12 08:32 -0700
          Re: unittest weirdness Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-03-12 13:48 -0400
          Re: unittest weirdness Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-12 23:14 +0000
          Re: unittest weirdness Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-12 23:47 +0000
            Re: unittest weirdness Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-03-12 17:31 -0700
        Re: unittest weirdness Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-03-12 22:27 -0400
  Re: unittest weirdness Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-12 23:38 +0000
    Re: unittest weirdness Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-03-12 17:36 -0700

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