Unit-testing single function with large number of different inputs

[Edvard Majakari]

ferrell at diablotech.com (Robert Ferrell) writes:

> add a flag, AllTestsPassed, to the TestLoad and TestValidate classes. 
> Initialize that flag to True.  Then, in your version of assertEqual,
> if any test fails set the flag to False.  Finally, after you've run
> all your tests, add
>
>   self.failUnless(self.AllTestsPassed, 'Some tests failed.')

But that doesn't give instant feedback (running ValidateTest takes over a
minute), neither does it report exact cause of errors. Hmm. I think I'll
look into Python's ability to create methods on the fly.

Thanks anyway!

PS. Sorry for the provoking .signature, it dates back to the Old Times
when I didn't know of Python ;)

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