Is this a good way to implement testing

[Terry Reedy]

On 5/2/2015 6:29 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote:

> At the moment I define the test functionality in the following way:

Any automated testing is better than none.  For idlelib, I use unittest. 
  For an individual project with specialized needs, I use a custom test 
framework tuned to those needs.

>          else:
>              action = options[0][0]
>              if   action == '--all':
>                  do_all          = True
>              elif action == '--factorial':
>                  do_factorial    = True
>              elif action == '--fibonacci':
>                  do_fibonacci    = True
>              elif action == '--happy':
>                  do_happy        = True
>              elif action == '--lucky':
>                  do_lucky        = True
>              else:
>                  print >> sys.stderr, progname + ': Unhandled parameter ' + action
>                  sys.exit(1)

There is usually a way to factor out the duplication of repetitive code 
like this.  Often, a dict is somehow involved. I believe the following 
is equivalent to the above.

else:
   action = options[0][0]
   try:
     globals()['do_'+action[2:]] = True
   except KeyError:
     print >> sys.stderr, progname + ': Unhandled parameter ' + action
     sys.exit(1)

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy