[Python-Dev] Proposed unittest changes (original) (raw)

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Thu Jul 17 07:10:38 CEST 2008

"Steven D'Aprano" <steve at pearwood.info> writes:

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:26:45 am Raymond Hettinger wrote: > From: "Ben Finney" <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> > > > Right, so I'm putting up a separate PEP just for the renaming. > > Should be arriving on this list soon. > > I would like to work with you or someone else who is interested > on an alternative PEP for a separate, simpler test module > using the py.test syntax.

I am interested in this suggestion. I didn't know about py.test. I admit to dissatisfaction with unittest (too Java-ish and heavyweight for my tastes). I would love a test suite midway in weight between doctests and unittest, so I will check it out.

I still think 'nose' is a better candidate for this: it appears to offer what people say they want from 'py.test', yet (unlike 'py.test') is integrated well with 'unittest'.

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