unittest -- simple question

[Ian Bicking]

On Nov 1, 2003, at 10:30 PM, Brian wrote:
> I am writing my test modules that are separate from the modules they
> test. The test modules can be invoked with if __name__ == "__main__" 
> when
> run from a command line. Right now, if __name__ == "__main__", the test
> module executes runTests(), which defines a suite of tests. From the
> module being tested, I am calling into the test module -- to the 
> function
> runTests(), if __name__ == "__main__".
>
> Is this how people make the tests executable from the module be tested?

If I understand what you're saying, you have something like:

def runTests():
     ....

if __name__ == '__main__':
     runTests()

?  If so, then yes, this is the conventional and approved way to make 
any module into a simple program, tests included.

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