From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2006-05-23T03:38:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Test::Unit Patch that allows test methods to be executed sequentially


On May 22, 2006, at 11:31 AM, bpettichord@gmail.com wrote:

> Ryan Davis said:
>> Why not subclass TestCase and create SequentialTestCase or
>> WatirTestCase? I don't see any reason why this functionality needs to
>> be folded into test/unit but I see your argument for Watir. We should
>> be trying our damnedest to make test/unit thinner, not thicker.
>
> Unfortunately, subclassing TestCase is not a good idea. All subclasses
> of TestCase are presumed to be concrete tests and you will get errors
> if the subclass does not have a test method. (Try it out if you don't
> believe me.) There is no provision for "Virtual" testcases, which is
> what we would want here.

I do it all the time. The simple solution is to put a "test_dummy" in  
the superclass. Really not hard and a fair tradeoff to have the right  
code in the right place.

> I think the ideal solution would be to refactor the TestCase code  
> along
> the lines of this patch, and thereby expose
> TestCase.sorted_test_methods so that it could then be overlayed by
> Modules.

I disagree. As I said before, we need less code, not more. (I do  
wholly agree that test/unit needs refactoring, but to make it thinner  
not thicker)

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