From: Stefano Taschini <taschini.mlist@...>
Date: 2006-05-03T08:16:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Unit test setup

Actually, a test case object is created for each test_something method
(see test/unit/testcase.rb:51 in ruby 8.4).

This means that overriding the initializer does not bring anything
more than overriding setup. In fact, it makes things worse, as
exceptions in setup and teardown are caught by the Test::Unit
framework (and hence correctly reported), whereas those in the test
case initializer are not.

Ciao
Stefano

On 02/05/06, John Wilger <johnwilger@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
> Only half correct. You can override the #initialize method in the test case:
>
>     class TestTheTestsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
>       def initialize( *args )
>         super
>         @foo = :bar
>       end
>
>       def test_initialize
>         assert_equal :bar, @foo
>       end
>     end
[...]