From: Tom Clarke <tom@...2i.com>
Date: 2003-01-10T13:06:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Adding hooks to TestUnit

On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:40:16AM +0900, nathaniel@NOSPAMtalbott.ws wrote:
> Tom Clarke [mailto:tom@u2i.com] wrote:
> 
> > How about this:
> > 
> > Module Web
> >        Module Testing
> >        	      add_pre_setup_hook {
> > 	      	       # do my initialization
> > 	      }	      
> >        end
> > end       
> > 
> > So that add_pre_setup_hook is a method on TestCase, which 
> > will add one or more hooks (passed as a block) when called - 
> > in this case when the module is included.
> 
> I've got to mull this over some more, because I'm still not sure it's
> the best way to go. For instance, here's an easy way to make sure that
> users don't introduce subtle bugs by forgetting to call #super in
> #setup:

Fair enough, I don't mind using the super method for the time being.
Of course I'd rather not have to make anyone call anything if possible.

> BTW, thanks for making testing such an important part of Narf. I love
> having well-tested and easy-to-test infrastructure on which to base
> applications.

Thanks!

-Tom