[Python-Dev] setUpClass and setUpModule in unittest

[Michael Foord]

On 09/02/2010 19:14, Holger Krekel wrote:
> [snip...]
>>> and
>>> all tests in the class / module will have an explicit skip in the event of a
>>> setUp failure.
>>>
>>>        
> I think reporting tests as skipped when the setup failed is a bad idea.
> Out of several years of practise with skips and large test suites (and
> talking/experiencing many users :) i recommend to reserve skips for
> platform/dependency/environment mismatches. A Setup Error should
> just error or fail all the tests in its scope.
>    

A SetupError instead of a skip sounds good to me. Thanks (although 
technically the test has been 'skipped' but that's playing with 
semantics...)

Michael

> cheers,
> holger
>    


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