[Python-Dev] Checking in a broken test was: Re: [Python-checkins]r41940 - python/trunk/Lib/test/test_compiler.py

[Nick Coghlan]

Scott David Daniels wrote:
> OK I carried the code I offered earlier in this whole thread (tweaked in
> reaction to some comments) over to comp.lang.python, gathered some
> feedback, and put up a recipe on the cookbook.  After a week or so for
> more comment, I'll be happy to submit a patch to include the broken_test
> decorator function in unittest.
> 
> Here is where the recipe is, for those who want to comment further:
>      http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/466288

Looks pretty handy to me - I've certainly experienced the "I know what the 
problem is and exactly how to provoke it, I just don't have time to fix it 
right now" problem myself.

I added a minor comment about testing for whether there were user supplied 
exceptions at definition time, rather than run time.

Cheers,
Nick.

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