New Python test framework

[Ezra Peisach]

On 3/4/2010 11:16 PM, Greg Hudson wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 22:01 -0500, Ezra Peisach wrote:
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>> Initial testing reveals the following:
>>
>> a) It would be nice if success() took an argument that could be
>> displayed to indicate what the tests were testing... fail() does - and
>> displays the message... t_general.py might mean something to you now -
>> but five years from now?
>>      
> Hm, perhaps.  I was mostly trying to cut down on output clutter by
> making successful tests silent, but a little bit of output wouldn't be a
> terrible thing.
>
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>> b) Failure of a test does not stop the test suite
>>      
> That's a mistake.  I wanted it to be like the t_whatever C programs
> where the test suite would just stop when one of them failed.  I'll fix
> it.
>
>
>    
Perhaps on (a) - success takes an argument that is not displayed unless 
a verbose flag is set...

Ezra