[Python-3000] Support for PEP 3131 - discussion on python zope users group

[Jason Orendorff]

On 5/16/07, Collin Winter <collinw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > -> unittest - very useful to give a better overview of the result of
> > unit test. People pointed us at a Visual C# MVP tutorial
> >   http://www.atmarkit.co.jp/fdotnet/nagile/nagile02/nagile02_03.html
>
> I don't know what "a better overview of the result of unit test"
> means. Also, the linked page is in Japanese.

The page illustrates how a unit test can serve as an
executable specification.  The third box of code is a
TestFixture class with methods like this one:

>>  [Test][ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentException))]
>>  public void 一年未満はエラーになる()
>>  {
>>    Date date = new Date(0, 1, 1);
>>  }

The name translates to something like "if the year is
less than one, it's an error".  Interesting.  Kind of a weird
thing to do; ordinarily you wouldn't want method names
that take so long to type.  But a unit test method is a
special case.

The mix of Japanese and English is not as visually
jarring as I expected.  It actually looks kinda cool. :)

-j