ANN: pry unit testing framework

[Matthieu Brucher]

2008/4/5, Aldo Cortesi <aldo at nullcube.com>:
>
> Thus spake Kay Schluehr (kay.schluehr at gmx.net):
>
>
> > But you could have added the integration of code coverage and other
> > helpful features with unittest as a conservative extension giving
> > everyone a chance to use it directly with existing tests instead of
> > forcing them to rewrite their tests for bike shading purposes.
>
>
> You're assuming that Pry's only purpose is to introduce test coverage.
> This is not the case - I already had a module that largely maintained
> unittest compatibility, but added a command-line interface and coverage
> analysis. It's now obsolete, but you can find its remains here if
> you're interested:
>
> http://dev.nullcube.com/gitweb/?p=pylid;a=shortlog
>
> So, why did I re-write it? Well, I needed a test framework that didn't
> have the deep flaws that unittest has. I needed good hierarchical
> fixture management. I needed something that didn't instantiate test
> suites automatically, freeing me to use inheritance more naturally
> within my test suites. I needed more sophisticated handling and
> reporting of errors during startup and teardown. I needed better
> support for programmatic generation of tests. The list goes on.  Pry
> has all of this, and much of it is simply not possible while
> maintaining backwards compatibility.
>
> Yes, test coverage is critical and hugely neglected by most people, but
> Pry addresses other problems as well. We're not "forcing" anyone to
> rewrite anything, but if the description above sounds like something
> you want, maybe you should give Pry another look. If Pry itself is not
> to your taste, there are other excellent test frameworks like py.test
> that have also chosen not to mindlessly duplicate all of unittest's
> inadequacies. Broaden your horizons and explore some of these - your
> code will thank you for it...
>

Hi,

How does it compare to the nose framework ?

Matthieu
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