[Python-Dev] on Python's tests (and making them better)

[Eric Smith]

Benjamin Peterson wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Eric Smith
> <eric+python-dev at trueblade.com> wrote:
>> Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>>>> I always find it hard to find a test I'm looking for in a directory
>>>> with 365 different tests in it. Also grouping tests by function will
>>>> hopefully help reduce duplication and it more intuitive.
>>> Still, I don't think this should be done. Flat is better than nested,
>>> and adding hierarchy will make it *more* difficult to find anything
>>> (except perhaps for the one person who did the rearrangement).
>>>
>>> I personally use grep to find the place where to add a new test.
>> I agree.  There's not much chance I'd know which directory a test for a
>> given piece of functionality is in, so instead of grepping in a single
>> directory, I'd have to grep in all of them.  Definitely more hassle.
> 
> Really? Given the choice between core_language (divided into syntax
> and builtins) and stdlib you wouldn't know where to look?

Really. I wouldn't bother thinking about it.  I'd just grep.

Eric.