[py-dev] Convention for TDD

[Ian Bicking]

David Stanek wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 10:13:07PM -0500, Ian Bicking wrote:
> 
>>Is there any convention people are using with py.test for
>>test-drive-development tests that still fail?  Like a convention for
>>saying I-fail-but-don't-worry; some combination of keywords and
>>disabling variables so it can only be run explicitly?
> 
> 
> What exactly are you trying to do? When I practice TDD I like when
> the tests fail so I know what I need to be working on. Once I get
> all of the tests to pass I add a couple more knowing that the code
> to support them is not there and the test will fail.

I'm writing some experimental code, and I want to check it in before it 
is finished.  But I want other people to know that it's okay that the 
tests fail (while I also want them to be able to see the code's progress).

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