From: "Thomas B." <tpreal@...>
Date: 2008-08-30T22:26:02+09:00
Subject: Re: using assert outside of test unit

Adam Akhtar wrote:
> hi is it possible to use assert in your actual code i.e. not just in the
> unit test but in say your class methods etc.
> 
> I tried to use it but ruby complains its not a recognised method for my
> class. (i made sure to write require 'test/unit' at the top of my class
> file.)
> 
> Unit testing is great for checking what methods return but Id also like
> to check whats going on inside sometimes. Having the program stop and
> tell me when something i didnt expect will also help to prevent bugs.
> 
> Is it possible. I googled and checked previous posts here but couldnt
> find anything.

Those asserts are instance methods of Test::Unit::TestCase so you cannot 
use them outside the testcases.

But you could probably dynamically define your own class (or maybe there 
is one already) that holds an instance of Test::Unit::TestCase and 
redirects all assertions to it.
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