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From:
Michael G Schwern
Date:
March 16, 2009 16:29
Subject:
Re: Counting tests
Message ID:
49BEE0CF.4070209@pobox.com
Eric Wilhelm wrote:
> # from Michael G Schwern
> # on Monday 16 March 2009 11:47:
>
>> I suppose what really covers their ass is that by being broken up into
>> test_* routines each test function is isolated and their code is
>> simpler and less likely to have a logic error that results in a test
>> never being run.
>
> Why is it that whenever plans come up, we hear all about the checksum
> aspect, but never talk about the 'progress bar'? If you're running
> someone else's test suite, it is very nice to have some idea of how
> much has completed. Yes, that has caveats, but so does everything.
xUnit frameworks certainly have progress bars. They do this, I assume, by
simply counting the number of test* methods ran vs the total number to be run.
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