From: Nathaniel Talbott <nathaniel@...>
Date: 2004-08-17T01:03:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Test::Unit feature request - regexp pattern of tests to run

On Aug 15, 2004, at 15:38, Simon Strandgaard wrote:

> Another related feature I would like to see in Test::Unit..
> being able to execute tests which doesn't start with 'test' prefix.
>
> For instance I have certain tests which im working on..
> those I name #xtest_something..
>
> However if I try to execute the test via the cli.. then it
> just rejects it..  What im asking fore..  don't reject test names
> supplied via the cli .

The problem isn't really that test/unit is rejecting the tests... 
rather, because of the way suites are automatically constructed from 
TestCase classes, test/unit has to have some criteria for knowing which 
methods are tests and which methods aren't, and this criteria is that 
the method name must start with 'test'. Thus, I would tend to do this 
as James suggests, by partitioning tests that aren't working yet in to 
their own file and/or TestCase. Note that you can also select TestCases 
to run using a pattern:

   ruby test.rb -t /^X/

Then you could name in progress TestCases 'XWhatever', and run them 
using the above command. To run only completed test cases, just run:

   ruby test.rb -t /^[^X]/

I will say that some ideas I have cooking for a future version of 
test/unit may obviate this need, but that will be revealed in due 
time...


Nathaniel
Terralien, Inc.

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