unit testing

[Ben Finney]

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes:

> Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au> writes:
> > Or even better:
> > 
> >     def test_raises_good_exception():
> >         try:
> >             thingy()
> 
> Well if we're grading on style, maybe you really want to name the
> function 'test_thingy' instead of 'test_raises_good_exception'.

The function is a test case. It should be named for what specific case
it's testing.

A function named "test_thingy" (given the code unit is a function
named "thingy") would be some generic "do *all* the tests for
thingy". That's not a test case; perhaps it's the name of the unit
test module for "thingy".

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Ben Finney