unittest -- simple question

[Brian]

Hello;

I am writing my test modules that are separate from the modules they
test. The test modules can be invoked with if __name__ == "__main__" when
run from a command line. Right now, if __name__ == "__main__", the test
module executes runTests(), which defines a suite of tests. From the
module being tested, I am calling into the test module -- to the function
runTests(), if __name__ == "__main__".

Is this how people make the tests executable from the module be tested?

Many thanks,

Brian.

 

[Ian Bicking]

I am writing my test modules that are separate from the modules they
test. The test modules can be invoked with if __name__ == "__main__"
when
run from a command line. Right now, if __name__ == "__main__", the test
module executes runTests(), which defines a suite of tests. From the
module being tested, I am calling into the test module -- to the
function
runTests(), if __name__ == "__main__".

Is this how people make the tests executable from the module be tested?

If I understand what you're saying, you have something like:

def runTests():
....

if __name__ == '__main__':
runTests()

? If so, then yes, this is the conventional and approved way to make
any module into a simple program, tests included.

 

[John J. Lee]

Is this how people make the tests executable from the module be tested?

Yes, but people often use the convenience function unittest.main


John

 

[Jp Calderone]

Hello;

I am writing my test modules that are separate from the modules they
test. The test modules can be invoked with if __name__ == "__main__" when
run from a command line. Right now, if __name__ == "__main__", the test
module executes runTests(), which defines a suite of tests. From the
module being tested, I am calling into the test module -- to the function
runTests(), if __name__ == "__main__".

Is this how people make the tests executable from the module be tested?

I typically decorate my modules with the following preable:


# -*- test-case-name: package.test.test_modulename -*-

and then hit F9 when I want the tests to run.

Jp