From: John Wilger <johnwilger@...>
Date: 2006-05-03T09:00:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Unit test setup

On 5/2/06, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:> On May 2, 2006, at 1:38 PM, John Wilger wrote:> >    class TestTheTestsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase> >      def initialize( *args )> >        super> >        @foo = :bar> >      end>> Eww, yuck.
I didn't say it was pretty, just that it was possible. "Can't" and"shouldn't" are two different things, after all. (Of course, Stefanopointed out that I'm wrong about it being possible, too -- so maybethe only thing I've proven is that I'm good at talking out of my ass!:-D)
> When I require an expensive setup per test invocation my code is> telling me it is not easily testable, so instead of hacking> Test::Unit I refactor.
100% agreed.
--Regards,John Wilgerhttp://johnwilger.com
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