[Python-Dev] tests for standard library modules (original) (raw)

Moshe Zadka Moshe Zadka moshez@math.huji.ac.il
Fri, 4 Aug 2000 04:45:52 +0300 (IDT)

On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> Most of the standard library is untested.

Indeed. I would suggest looking at the Tcl test suite. It's very thorough! When I look at many of the test modules we do have, I cringe at how little of the module the test actually covers. Many tests (not the good ones!) seem to be content with checking that all functions in a module exist. Much of this dates back to one particular period in 1996-1997 when we (at CNRI) tried to write test suites for all modules -- clearly we were in a hurry! :-(

Here's a suggestion for easily getting hints about what test suites to write: go through the list of open bugs, and write a "would have caught" test. At worst, we will actually have to fix some bugs .

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