From: Nathaniel Talbott <nathaniel@...>
Date: 2004-08-17T07:26:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Test::Unit feature request - regexp pattern of tests to run

On Aug 16, 2004, at 17:22, David Naseby wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nathaniel Talbott [mailto:nathaniel@talbott.ws]
>>> What about invoking disabled test's (I prefix them with x) via the
>>> commandline. Is that a feature you will add ?
>>
>> No, it just isn't practical (implementation-wise). See the reply I 
>> just
>> sent to an earlier email of yours.
>
> Would it be possible to set up an ignored handler in test classes? 
> Something
> like (inspired by the metaprogramming of tests in the rather good NUnit
> framework on .net):
>
> class TC_something < Test::Unit::TestCase
>   ignore :test_fail
>
>   def test_fail
>     assert 2==1
>   end
> end
>
> I'd send in a patch or something useful, but I'm more of an ideas 
> man... ;)

Something like this is certainly possible (and might happen) - when I 
said it wasn't practical, I was really referring specifically to 
running test methods that don't start with 'test'.


Nathaniel
Terralien, Inc.

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