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Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-ideas] Adding a test discovery into Python Guilherme Polo Wed Mar 11 17:01:06 2009 

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [Christian Heimes]
>>>>
>>>> I'm +1 for a simple (!) test discovery system. I'm emphasizing on simple
>>>> because there are enough frameworks for elaborate unit testing.
>
> Test discovery is not the interesting part of the problem.

Interesting or not, it is a problem that is asking for a solution,
this kind of code is being duplicated in several places for no good
reason.

>
> Axiom:  The more work involved in writing tests, the fewer
> tests that will get written.

At some point you will have to run them too, I don't think you want to
reimplement the discovery part yet another time.


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-- Guilherme H. Polo Goncalves
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