From: Matt Armstrong <matt@...>
Date: 2003-02-12T15:21:14+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Test::Unit 0.1.8

<nathaniel@NOSPAMtalbott.ws> writes:

> If you don't know what Test::Unit is, I've included an explanation
> further down. For everyone else, here's some highlights from the
> ChangeLog (you can read the whole thing at
> http://testunit.talbott.ws/ChangeLog):
>
>   * Did a little performance tuning.

This is great!  In my case, Test::Unit is now only a tiny bit slower
than RubyUnit (still using the RubyUnit compatibility layer).  It used
to 

I have two suggested patches to the console ui.  The "Finished in
<foo> seconds" includes to much precision in the seconds (nobody cares
if it finished in 10.3234323 rather than 10.3234322 seconds), and the
console runner never flushes io when it prints out the progress dots
so they don't function as progress indicators.

--- lib/test/unit/ui/console/testrunner.rb      Tue Feb 11 21:22:33 2003
+++ /home/matt/pkg/stow/ruby-cvs/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/ui/console/testrunner.rbTue Feb 11 23:14:10 2003
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@
           
           def finished(elapsed_time)
             nl
-            output("Finished in #{elapsed_time} seconds.")
+            output("Finished in %.2f seconds." % 
+                   [ elapsed_time ])
             @faults.each_with_index do |fault, index|
               nl
               output("%3d) %s" % [index + 1, fault.long_display])
@@ -118,7 +119,10 @@
           end
           
           def output_single(something, level=NORMAL)
-            @io.write(something) if (output?(level))
+            if (output?(level))
+              @io.write(something)
+              @io.flush
+            end
           end
           
           def output?(level)



-- 
matt