From: nathaniel@...
Date: 2003-01-11T00:49:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Test::Unit fails w/no tests [was: testunit 0.1.6 problems]

dblack@candle.superlink.net wrote:

> I think what I had in mind was a little different.  Let's say 
> every empty test actually runs the #no_test method.  That 
> means that this:
> 
>   def test_1
>   end
> 
> and this:
> 
>   def test_1
>     no_test
>   end
> 
> are effectively the same.
> 
> The idea would then be: by overriding #no_test, you could 
> change the behavior, without having to change all the empty 
> tests themselves.

Well, what's being discussed is actually empty test suites, not empty
tests. So this is a failure:

  def TC < Test::UnitTestCase
  end

But this is not:

  def TC < Test::Unit::TestCase
    def test_1
    end
  end

That said, I do think I can go the direction you're talking about and
make it so that one little tweak to the framework will change this
globally, as opposed to having to silence things on an individual basis.
Perhaps:

  require 'test/unit/testcase'

  module Test
    module Unit
      class TestCase
        def default_test
        end
      end
    end
  end

You could throw something like that in a file and require it in your
tests to silence the warning. Or, if you wanted to, you could do a check
of your own instead.

Anyhow, that's what I'm currently thinking. It is, of course, subject to
change when I actually get around to implementing it :-)


Nathaniel

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