How to work on a package

[Roel Schroeven]

dieter schreef op 7/02/2018 8:21:
> Likely, there are many ways to execute tests for your package.

> I am using "setuptools" for packaging (an extension
> of Python's standard "disutils"). Its "setup.py" supports the "test"
> command. This means, properly set up, I can run tests
> with "python setup.py test".

That can solve the testing issue, I guess, even though it feels weird to 
me that the most straightforward way doesn't work.

But testing is not the only issue. Often I'd like to start the Python 
interpreter to load one of the modules in the package to try some things 
out, or write a little script to do the same. These things are very 
natural to me when writing Python code, so it seems very strange to me 
that there's no easy way when working on a packages.

Don't other people do that?

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Roel Schroeven