From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2008-11-13T02:31:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't get output from MiniTest

Hi --

On Thu, 13 Nov 2008, John Barnette wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 5:37 AM, David A. Black <dblack@rubypal.com> wrote:
>> I feel like a lamb to the slaughter, since I'm almost certainly doing
>> something obviously wrong, but I'm having trouble understanding why
>> I'm not getting any output from this:
>>
>> require 'minitest/unit'
>>
>> class TestMe < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
>>  def test_something
>>    assert(true)
>>  end
>> end
>
> Minitest doesn't install an at_exit hook by default. I think the
> expectation is that Rake tasks, test helpers, or other project
> infrastructure should activate the autorun magic explicitly. If you
> want to have tests in a single file run as they would in test/unit,
> adding this at the top should help:
>
> MiniTest::Unit.autorun

Thanks -- that's the missing piece of the puzzle.


David

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