[Tutor] importing modules to be tested

[dn]

Sorry Alex, am in the middle of a conference.
Please see 'yesterday's' conversation, as referenced earlier - should 
solve the problem...

On 11/01/24 13:43, Alex Kleider wrote:
> I've done what I think 'dn' is recommending but still things
> aren't working.
> There is still the same import error.
> Again, any advice would of course be appreciated.
> 
> $ ls -lA
> total 16
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 alex alex  100 Jan 10 12:25 code2test.py
> drwxr-xr-x 3 alex alex 4096 Jan 10 16:19 tests
> 
> $ ls -lA tests
> total 8
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 alex alex  233 Jan 10 16:19 test_code.py
> 
> $ cat code2test.py
> #!/usr/bin/env python3
> # file: code2test.py
> def code():
>      return "code2test.code() has been run"
> 
> $ cat tests/test_code.py
> #!/usr/bin/env python3
> # File: tests/test_code.py
> import code2test
> 
> def test_code(self):
>      assert code2test.code() ==  "code2test.code() has been run"
> 
> $ pytest
> ============================== test session starts
> ==============================
> platform linux -- Python 3.9.2, pytest-7.2.0, pluggy-1.0.0
> rootdir: /home/alex/Git/Lib/Question
> collected 0 items / 1 error
> 
> ==================================== ERRORS
> =====================================
> ______________________ ERROR collecting tests/test_code.py
> ______________________
> ImportError while importing test module
> '/home/alex/Git/Lib/Question/tests/test_code.py'.
> Hint: make sure your test modules/packages have valid Python names.
> Traceback:
> /usr/lib/python3.9/importlib/__init__.py:127: in import_module
>      return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
> tests/test_code.py:8: in <module>
>      import code2test
> E   ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'code2test'
> ============================ short test summary info
> ============================
> ERROR tests/test_code.py
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Interrupted: 1 error during collection
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> =============================== 1 error in 0.06s
> ================================
> 
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 4:10 PM dn <PythonList at danceswithmice.info> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/01/24 12:50, Alex Kleider wrote:
>>> Thanks "dn" for your response.
>>> I couldn't find an explicit answer to my question but am I to understand that
>>> if one uses one of the testing frameworks then the problem goes away?
>>
>> Yes, don't waste your time by doing things the hard-way, unnecessarily!
>>
>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>> Again, you've 'taken the bull by the horns' and bravely attempted to
>>>> solve the problem.
>>>>
>>>> However, this is 're-inventing the wheel' and not 'standing on the
>>>> shoulders of giants' (who have trod this path before).
>>>>
>>>> There are three popular automated-testing frameworks:
>>>>
>>>> - doctest
>>>> - unittest
>>>> - pytest
>>>>
>>>> NB there are others, as well as plug-ins/extensions to the above - the
>>>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> =dn
>>
> 
> 

-- 
Regards,
=dn