Convert PyUnit -> unittest.
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one of these options. Each option requires writing a test module using the
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conventions of the selected option:
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- PyUnit_ based tests
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- unittest_ based tests
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- doctest_ based tests
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- "traditional" Python test modules
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@ -28,27 +28,26 @@ your test cases to exercise it more completely. In particular, you will be
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able to refer to the C and Python code in the CVS repository when writing
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your regression test cases.
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.. _PyUnit:
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.. _unittest: http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-unittest.html
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.. _doctest: http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-doctest.html
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PyUnit based tests
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unittest-based tests
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The PyUnit_ framework is based on the ideas of unit testing as espoused
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The unittest_ framework is based on the ideas of unit testing as espoused
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by Kent Beck and the `Extreme Programming`_ (XP) movement. The specific
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interface provided by the framework is tightly based on the JUnit_
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Java implementation of Beck's original SmallTalk test framework. Please
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see the documentation of the unittest_ module for detailed information on
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the interface and general guidelines on writing PyUnit based tests.
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the interface and general guidelines on writing unittest-based tests.
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The test_support helper module provides two functions for use by
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PyUnit based tests in the Python regression testing framework:
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unittest-based tests in the Python regression testing framework:
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- ``run_unittest()`` takes a ``unittest.TestCase`` derived class as a
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parameter and runs the tests defined in that class
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- ``run_unittest()`` takes a number of ``unittest.TestCase`` derived classes as
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parameters and runs the tests defined in those classes.
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- ``run_suite()`` takes a populated ``TestSuite`` instance and runs the
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tests
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tests.
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``run_suite()`` is preferred because unittest files typically grow multiple
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test classes, and you might as well be prepared.
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latter information makes it easier to find the source for the test
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than the docstring.
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All PyUnit-based tests in the Python test suite use boilerplate that
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All unittest-based tests in the Python test suite use boilerplate that
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looks like this (with minor variations)::
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import unittest
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This is rarely required with the "traditional" Python tests, and
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you shouldn't create a module global with name test_main unless
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you're specifically exploiting this gimmick. This usage does
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prove useful with PyUnit-based tests as well, however; defining
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prove useful with unittest-based tests as well, however; defining
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a ``test_main()`` which is run by regrtest and a script-stub in the
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test module ("``if __name__ == '__main__': test_main()``") allows
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the test to be used like any other Python test and also work
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