Re: unit tests vs... the current test_suite -- October 31, 2006 - 07:47

On 10/31/06, Gary S. Thompson <garyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Edward d'Auvergne wrote:
>
> >> > I would suggest to add three directories within the 'test_suite'
> >> > directory: 'unit_tests', 'system_tests', and 'regression_tests'.
> >>
> >> I would suggest that the unit tests are kept with their Module as it
> >> makes it easier to check what test goes with what, avoids name clashes
> >> and allows you to quickly check that there is one unit test per
> >> module...
> >
> >
> > I would strongly prefer a separate directory tree of files to prevent
> > clutter.  I've seen many projects take this approach where the tests
> > are dislocated from the main tree and very much prefer the isolation.
> > This is what I've done with the current function/system tests.  If the
> > separation ever causes the tests to get out of sync with the main
> > tree, then these will instantly cause a failure of the test suite and
> > hence synchronisation between different directory trees won't be an
> > issue.
> >
>
> > fair enough i can go with that...
>
> I am about to update the 13 branch with my float code (I have to do a
> svn co beforehand as I have sorted the spacing issues and added the
> comments asked for in the 12 branch)

Do you mean check in?  Thanks for making those changes - they should
help in keeping the code self documenting and it should significantly
help if you decide that you would like to contribute this code to
become a standard Python module (if you manage to implement most of
the IEEE-754 floating point tests I would strongly recomment that you
do this).

Edward