From: Caleb Clausen <vikkous@...>
Date: 2009-08-09T06:10:09+09:00
Subject: Re: is this a unit/test bug?

On 8/8/09, Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@gmail.com> wrote:
> C:\dev\ruby\ties>ruby
> C:\dev\ruby\ties\test\functional\store_controller_test.rb
> -ntest_gives_single_discount
>
> # this one works ^^^^^^
>
> # this one fails vvvvvv
>
> C:\dev\ruby\ties>ruby
> C:\dev\ruby\ties\test\functional\store_controller_test.rb
> --testcase=test_gives_single_discount
> C:/dev/ruby/ties/test/functional/../test_helper
> Loaded suite C:/dev/ruby/ties/test/functional/store_controller_test
> Started
>
> Finished in 0.0 seconds.
>
> 0 tests, 0 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors
>
> but --testcase is supposed to be a test pattern...anybody know what's
> going on here?  I'm thinking this is a bug.

As far as I know, the -n (or --name) parameter to test/unit gives the
name of a test method (or methods) to be run. The -t (or --testcase)
parameter gives the name of a test class. So, it looks like the second
command didn't do what you want because there's no class named
test_gives_single_discount.

PS: if you want to use a pattern (regex) in names used by -n and -t, I
think you have to enclose the name in slashes. (eg: -n
/test_gives_single_discount/ )